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Olympics: Indian shooters Anish, Maheshwari, Vijayveer miss out on finals (Ld)
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Olympics: Indian Shooters Anish, Maheshwari, Vijayveer Miss Out On Finals (Ld)

By IANS News August 04, 2024 • 20:06 PM View: 187
French National Shooting Centre: Three Indian shooters fought hard on day nine of the Paris Olympics shooting competition at the French National Shooting Centre range in, but could not make the finals cut after staying in contention till the final stages of their qualification round.

Maheshwari Chauhan in the Skeet Women’s event shot a 25 in round four early on Sunday morning to go into the final round in fifth position, but a 22 in round five meant she tallied 118 to finish in 14th spot overall. The sixth and final qualification spot went at 120.

Then Vijayveer Sidhu and Anish Bhanwala shot brilliantly over two stages of qualification in the 25m Rapid-Fire Pistol Men’s event, staying in contention till the final 10-shots of the second rapid-fire stage, only to shoot scores of 92 and 93 to finish ninth and 13th respectively. Here too the top six make the final cut.

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