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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 12:42 AM GMT
End of the road for Elavenil
Elavenil ends her stint at the qualification with a final score of 626.5. That should pretty much be the end of her campaign in Women's 10m Air Rifle.
- 24 July 2021 12:40 AM GMT
The worst series for Apurvi under pressure
Apurvi Chandela shoots a below-par 102.2 in her penultimate series. This is by far her worst series of the day, and has slipped as low as 36 in the standings. Ghosts of 2016 Rio de Janeiro, anyone?
- 24 July 2021 12:37 AM GMT
Yet another shot below 10 for Elavenil
Elavenil shoots 9.9 in her 53rd shot of the match, and this will cost India dearly. This was her second shot below 10 today!
- 24 July 2021 12:34 AM GMT
Norway's Jeanetee Hegg finishes 1.1 behind World Record
Norway's Jeanetee Hegg has completed her sixth series and is currently ranked first. She has shot an impressive 632.9, which is just 1.1 behind the Qualification World Record of 634.0
- 24 July 2021 12:32 AM GMT
Elavenil shoots 103.5 in her penultimate set
Elavenil Valarivan shoots a below-par 103.5 in her fifth set. She is currently ranked 15th with just 10 more shots left in the tank. Can she make a comeback?
- 24 July 2021 12:30 AM GMT
Inconsistency hurting Apurvi hard
Third shot below ten for Apurvi Chandela as she shoots 9.9 in her second shot of the fifth series. You can not really expect to be a medal contender with such inconsistency at the biggest of stages.
- 24 July 2021 12:28 AM GMT
Getting tougher and tougher for the Indians
It is getting tougher for the Indians with each shot. Elavenil has slipped down to 16th in the rankings, while Apurvi is 28th. A medal looks far fetched now, unless they script a sensational turnaround!
- 24 July 2021 12:26 AM GMT
The final slipping away from Apurvi Chandela
Apurvi Chandela stays at the 27th position after shooting 104.2 in her fourth set. The final is slowly slipping away from her.
- 24 July 2021 12:22 AM GMT
Elavenil shoots her worst of the day
Elavenil Valarivan shoots a 9.7 in the fourth shot of her fifth set. This is her first shot below 10 today and she immediately falls down to 15th in the standings!
- 24 July 2021 12:20 AM GMT
Apurvi betters, but not good enough
Apurvi Chandela shoots 104.9 in her third series, but it does not really feel to be enough. She is currently lagging at 27th position and needs to up her game by a lot if she has to stay in contention for the final.