 "Paris Olympics 2024: Vijayveer Sidhu and Anish fail to reach final of 25m rapid fire pistol event")
India’s Vijayveer Sidhu and Anish Bhanwala failed to qualify for the final of men’s 25m rapid fire pistol event on Sunday after finishing ninth and 13th respectively in the qualification round. Only the top six shooters progress to the final after two stages in the qualification round.
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While the cut-off score was 585, Sidhu missed out by two points and finished on 583, while Anish scored 582.
Vijayveer was fifth after Stage 1 of qualification with a score of 293 and looked set to finish in the top six, but his chances went up in smoke after a poor 92 from the last series of 10 shots. He finished his qualification by shooting 8 and 9 on his last two attempts as he slipped out of the top six.
Anish was seventh after Stage 1 with a score of 293 but eventually finished 13th. Similar to Sidhu, Anish only managed 93 in the last series with his last shot fetching him just 8 points.
Women’s skeet qualification
In the women’s skeet competition, Maheshwari Chauhan and Raiza Dhillon ended in 14th and 23rd place respectively in the qualification.
Maheshwari aggregated 118 across five series with the first three series taking place on Saturday. She recorded scores of 23, 24, 24, 25, 22.
Raiza aggregated 113 after a sequence that read 21, 22, 23, 23, 24.
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Italy’s 2016 Rio Olympics gold medallist Diana Bacosi also failed to clear the qualifications, finishing just below Maheshwari at 15th place with a total of 117.
On the first day of qualifications, Maheshwari was closely following the leading pack at eighth position with an aggregate of 71. She had shot 23, 24, 24 and despite a 25 on Sunday, she could not make the cut.
Raiza was placed 25th among 29 shooters with an aggregate of 66 (21, 22, 23).
India still has one more start in the shotgun competitions as Maheshwari comes back with Anant Jeet Singh Naruka for the mixed team skeet, an event that will be making an Olympic debut.
With agency inputs
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