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Tokyo Olympics: Shooting LIVE Day 1, 24 July - Saurabh Chaudhary eliminated - Updates, Scores, Result, Medal, Blog
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Welcome to The Bridge's LIVE Blog for Shooting on Day 1 of the Tokyo Olympics.
The star Indian pistol shooter, Saurabh Chaudhary faltered in the final to finish seventh in the Men's 10m Air Pistol with a score of 137.4. The Meerut boy who was on fire in the qualification round, looked far from his best in the final as he crumbled under the pressure.
Iran's Javad Foroughi is the Olympic Champion in Men's 10m air pistol, while Serbia's Mikec Damir and the Chinese Wei Pang settled for silver and bronze, respectively.
Earlier, Abhishek Verma was failed to qualify for Men's 10m air pistol final whereas the women's 10m air rifle duo of Elavenil Valarivan and Apurvi Chandela too had the same fate.
Stay tuned for all the latest updates!
Live Updates
- 24 July 2021 5:03 AM GMT
Abhishek Verma on the rise
Abhishek Verma is on the rise as well, and has reached number 5 in the rankings now with 464 points!
- 24 July 2021 5:02 AM GMT
Saurabh Chaudhary ends with 586
Saurabh Chaudhary falls short of the Olympic Record but ends with a very impressive 586 out of a possible 600. He is currently the only shooter to have been done with all the 60 shots.
- 24 July 2021 4:57 AM GMT
Abhishek Verma climbs up to 8th
Abhishek Verma has come roaring back into the contest and is now ranked 8th, with nine consecutive 10s.
- 24 July 2021 4:54 AM GMT
98 for Saurabh in fifth series
Saurabh Chaudhary shoots an impressive 98 in his fifth series to consolidate his lead at the top.
- 24 July 2021 4:52 AM GMT
Saurabh shoots a 9!
Yes, definitely not a thing I thought I would write today. But, Saurabh has shot a 9 after shooting 10s for 23 consecutive times. He is still at the pole position and has almost confirmed his berth in the Final.
- 24 July 2021 4:49 AM GMT
Inconsistency hurting Abhishek Verma
Abhishek Verma seems to be failing to carry forward the momentum he had built, and has now fallen down to 19th position after a couple of poor shots.
- 24 July 2021 4:48 AM GMT
Is there any stopping Saurabh Chaudhary?
Saurabh Chaudhary has now overtaken Germany's Christian Reitz as the leader of the field. I can not remember the last time he shot below 10.
- 24 July 2021 4:46 AM GMT
Verma moves up to number 15
Abhishek Verma seems to be hitting his peak just at the right moment. But, there is a lot of work yet to be done for the lawyer turned shooter.
- 24 July 2021 4:44 AM GMT
Perfect 100 for Saurabh Chaudhary!!
Saurabh Chaudhary has scored a perfect 100 in his fourth series. He is currently on a streak of 16 consecutive ten pointers!
- 24 July 2021 4:42 AM GMT
Abhishek Verma picks up as well
This is a wonderful display of pistol shooting by the Indians. Now, Abhishek Verma is on a streak of 7 consecutive 10 pointers.