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Tokyo Olympics: Shooting LIVE Day 1, 24 July - Saurabh Chaudhary eliminated - Updates, Scores, Result, Medal, Blog
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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 4:39 AM GMT
Eleven 10 pointers in a row for Saurabh
Saurabh Chaudhary seems to be shooting in a completely different level altogether at the Asaka Shooting Range. Great signs for India!
- 24 July 2021 4:37 AM GMT
Abhishek Verma shoots 96 in his second series
A bit of improvement from Abhishek Verma as he shoots 96 in his second series. He is currently ranked 23rd.
- 24 July 2021 4:34 AM GMT
Saurabh Chaudhary moves to Number 5
Saurabh Chaudhary has climbed up to number 5 in the rankings after his third series of ten shots. He shot 98 in the third series.
- 24 July 2021 4:32 AM GMT
Did You Know?
USA's Nikolaus Mowrer, who is currently ranked number 3 in the ongoing Men's 10m Pistol, will also be seen competing in the Men's 50m Rifle 3 Positions!
- 24 July 2021 4:27 AM GMT
Saurabh Chaudhary turning up the heat
Saurabh Chaudhary seems to have found his zone. Nine out of his last ten shots are perfect 10s!
- 24 July 2021 4:24 AM GMT
Abhishek shoots 94 in first series
Abhishek Verma shoots 94 in his first series and is now ranked 24th.
- 24 July 2021 4:22 AM GMT
Six consecutive 10s for Saurabh
Saurabh shoots a wonderful 98 in the second series, with six consecutive 10s to move into the 9th position.
- 24 July 2021 4:20 AM GMT
The Indians are taking it slow
Slow and steady wins the race, they say and I guess that's what Saurabh and Abhishek are doing here. Saurabh seems to have found his touch, Abhishek is still to get into his groove.
- 24 July 2021 4:14 AM GMT
Abhishek Verma still shooting his first series
Abhishek Verma is currently positioned 23rd with 56 points in his six shots.
His shots, so far, reads 9,9,10,10,9,10.
- 24 July 2021 4:12 AM GMT
Saurabh 17th after the first series
Saurabh Chaudhary is ranked 17th after his first series of 10 shots. The 19-year-old start off with a bang, scoring five 10s in a row before falling down to five 9s in a row.