Paris Olympics 2024, Shooting: Manu Bhaker Books Spot in 10m Air Pistol Women’s Final – News18

After a rather disappointing start for Indian shooters at the Paris Olympics, Manu Bhaker finished third to qualify for the 10m Air Pistol Women’s final on Saturday.

Manu with an overall tally of 580-27x, sealed the third spot to book her spot in the medal round.

Rhythm Sangwan, also in the fray for the qualifiers, finished 15th with an overall tally of 573-14x and could not qualify for the final.

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Earlier, Sarabjot Singh and Arjun Singh Cheema sparkled in patches but could not make the men’s 10m air pistol final. Sarabjot finished ninth with a total score of 577 in the qualifications while Arjun ended way behind at 18th with 574.

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The Indian shooters were eliminated in the 10m air rifle mixed team qualifications stage. Ramita Jindal and Arjun Babuta finished sixth with a total score of 628.7, while Elavenil Valarivan and Sandeep Singh ended 12th with an aggregate score of 626.3. The duo of Ramita and Babuta came close and was placed fifth with three shots remaining but fell 1.0 point short of the medal round cut-off.

(With inputs from Agencies)

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