Paris Olympics 2024, Shooting: Manu Bhaker Books Spot in 10m Air Pistol Women's Final
Paris olympics 2024, Shooting: manu Bhaker Books Spot in 10m air Pistol Women's Final
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.
The 22-year-old Bhaker shot 580 to finish third in the qualifications in which Hungarian ace Veronika Major claimed the top spot with a score of 582. The final will be held on Sunday.Reduced to tears following her forgettable outing in her Games debut in tokyo three years ago, Bhaker is seeking to add an Olympic medal to her very excellent resume.A prominent shooter, who has gained international recognition for his exploits in the sport form a very young age, Bhaker looked determined to keep the tokyo memories behind and produced a fine qualification performance.
The haryana shooter made a bright start with a total of 97 points to take the fourth spot at the end of Series 1Bhaker got a 97 in the second series too and remained in fourth as Sangwan slipped to 26th after a poor outing including an 8. But Bhaker was back in the top two after an excellent 98 in her third series.Bhaker got an 8 in the fifth series, her first bad shot in an otherwise excellent qualification, but she still remained in the mix and eventually made the final.
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..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.
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.
The 22-year-old Bhaker shot 580 to finish third in the qualifications in which Hungarian ace Veronika Major claimed the top spot with a score of 582. The final will be held on Sunday.Reduced to tears following her forgettable outing in her Games debut in tokyo three years ago, Bhaker is seeking to add an Olympic medal to her very excellent resume.A prominent shooter, who has gained international recognition for his exploits in the sport form a very young age, Bhaker looked determined to keep the tokyo memories behind and produced a fine qualification performance.
The haryana shooter made a bright start with a total of 97 points to take the fourth spot at the end of Series 1Bhaker got a 97 in the second series too and remained in fourth as Sangwan slipped to 26th after a poor outing including an 8. But Bhaker was back in the top two after an excellent 98 in her third series.Bhaker got an 8 in the fifth series, her first bad shot in an otherwise excellent qualification, but she still remained in the mix and eventually made the final.
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..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.
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.