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Rubina Francis ELIMINATED
Rubina Francis has been eliminated from the Women's 10m Air Pistol SH1 Final. A poor seven pointer in the second shot-shot elimination means that she fell from fifth to seventh to see herself crash out.
Rubina moves to fifth
After the first two-shot elimination, Rubina moves into the fifth position. She is comfortable, for now.
Table tennis - It's all over for the Indians in the Team event
Sadly, neither Bhavina nor Sonalben managed to impress against the Chinese force and they looked pretty bleak and out-of-sorts against the seasoned duo of Bian Zhang and Zhou Ying.
Bhavina, suffered a similar loss to Ying again, as the 6-time Paralympic champion defeated the silver medallist in straight games, 11-4, 11-7, 11-6. Good fight from Bhavina, though!
Shooting - Rubina pulls her out of the hole
Rubina somehow manages to pull herself out of the hole. She is now sixth as the two-shot elimination round begins!
Table tennis update - Ying takes a 2 point lead
Into the third game, Zhou Ying eyes the semi-finals of the Team event and takes a 8-6 lead!
Update from table tennis - No sweat, again as Zhou Ying levels up!
Ying, a 6-time Paralympic champion, packs in a lot of punch here with deft shots coming from her racquet as she levels up at 4 ALL!
Shooting - Terrible start for Rubina
Something seems to be going very wrong for India's Rubina Francis. She is last after the first series of five shots, and stands at the risk of being the first to be eliminated. A lot of 8s and a 6 in her first five shots.
Table tennis update - Bhavina must win Game 3 to survive this encounter!
Knowing what is at stake, Bhavina Patel dashes off to a 1-3 lead in the third game against Zhou Ying!
Zhou Ying crushes the challenge put up by Bhavina in the ongoing table tennis action
Not today, for Bhavina Patel, who is yet to take a game off the mighty Chinese in all their career meetings.
Ying, edges past slowly but surely to take Game 2 at 11-7!
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