Paris Olympics 2024, Shooting: Vijayveer Sidhu and Anish Bhanwala Fail to Enter Men’s 25m Rapid Fire Pistol Final – News18

Vijayveer Sidhu and Anish Bhanwala gave a good account of themselves in the qualifications but could not enter the final of the 25m rapid fire men’s pistol at the French National Shooting Centre range in Chateauroux on Sunday.

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 as the top six make the final cut.

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Both shooters shot scores of 293 in the first precision stage to go into the rapid-fire round in fifth and seventh positions. Vijayveer then shot a 100 and 98 in the first two rapid-fire series to move up to second at one stage as Anish also shot 99 and 97 to stay in touch with the top six. The final round changed all of that.

In the men’s event, both shooters fired scores of 293 in the first precision stage to go into the rapid fire round in fifth and seventh positions.

Vijayveer then shot a 100 and 98 in the first two rapid-fire series to move up to second at one stage as Anish also shot 99 and 97 to stay in touch with the top six. But the final round changed all of that.

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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.

Raiza Dhillon, the second Indian in the field also in her first Olympics as the above three, shot 113 over five rounds for a 23rd place finish. India still has one more start in the Shotgun events when Maheshwari comes back with Anant Jeet Singh Naruka for the Mixed Team Skeet, an event which will also be making an Olympic debut.

The shooting contingent has so far won three bronze medals at the Paris Games. India still has one more start in the shotgun competitions as Maheshwari comes back with Anant Jeet Singh Naruka for the mixed team skeet, an event which will be making an Olympic debut.

(With inputs from Agencies)

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