Tokyo Olympics: Shooting LIVE Day 4, July 27 - India seeks reward in Mixed 10m Air Rifle - Updates, Scores, Result, Blog

10m Air Rifle shooters seek glory

After the pairs of Manu Bhaker-Saurabh Chaudhury and Abhishek Verma-Yashaswini Deswal fail to qualify in the finals of Mixed 10m Air Pistol event of the Tokyo Olympics, all eyes will be glued to the pairs of Elavenil Valarivan-Divyansh Singh Panwar and Anjum Moudgil-Deepak Kumar now. 

What's next for Saurabh and Manu?

Well, this is pretty much the end of his Olympic campaign for Saurabh Chaudhary, while Manu Bhaker still has the 25m Pistol event left.

No one knows what transpired at the Asaka Shooting Range for now, for it was not even telecasted.

The duo needs to go back to the drawing board, and hopefully would not be mentally affected by all the criticism that is gonna come their way over the next few hours. 

Criticise, but do not be disrespectful people. They are just 19-year-old for god's sake! 

Read the full match report here.

Manu Bhaker scores the lowest

Manu Bhaker scored a disappointing 186 in the Qualification Stage 2 - this is the joint lowest in the field alongside Iran's Rostamiyah Haniyeh.

Manu's INCONSISTENCY haunts India

Manu Bhaker never really got going today. She started off the day well in the first series of 10 shots during the Qualification Stage 1 but tailed off drastically from there. Saurabh Chaudhary did all that he could to keep India afloat, but it was never going to be enough after he shot just 96 in the first series of Qualification Stage 2.

UTTER SHAME FOR INDIA

This is the BIGGEST HEARTBREAK for India so far in the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. The pair of Saurabh Chaudhary and Manu Bhaker has been the most feared pair in the world of shooting since a long time, and the youngsters crumble under pressure when it mattered the most to finish 7th.

DREAMS SHATTERED FOR INDIA

Saurabh Chaudhary and Manu Bhaker have failed to qualify for the medal matches in Mixed 10m Air Pistol, thanks to a very poor show after topping the Qualification Stage 1. Surely, there are no excuses for this!

Manu Bhaker crumbling under pressure

Manu Bhaker is crumbling under pressure, she has now hit three 8s in the Qualification Stage 2!

98 from Saurabh

An impressive 98 from Saurabh Chaudhary has kept India alive in this. Manu needs to play her part now!

Hanging by a thread

India's medal hopes are hanging by a thread at the moment at the Asaka Shooting Range.

The Indians trail Ukraine by 4 points

The difference between the Indians and the Ukrainians, who are 4th, is of 4 points. Will, Saurabh-Manu be able to overcome this deficit? Possible, quite certainly if I have to be optimistic.