CHATEAUROUX (FRANCE), Jul 29: A confident Manu Bhaker placed herself in contention for a second Olympic medal as she combined with Sarabjot Singh to make the bronze playoff of the 10m air pistol mixed team event but Arjun Babuta buckled under pressure to finish fourth in men’s 10m air rifle competition here on Monday.
In the women’s 10m air rifle final, Ramita Jindal ended seventh.
Babuta shot a total of 208.4 in the air rifle individual final. A last shot of 9.5, in response to Croatian Miran Maricic’s 10.7, put paid to his hopes of finishing on the podium.
Earlier, the 22-year-old Bhaker, who came into the mixed team qualifications after winning a historic bronze medal in the 10m women’s air pistol event on Sunday, and Sarabjot finished with a total of 580 to make the medal round to be held on Tuesday.
The Indians will face Korea’s Oh Ye Jin and Lee Wonho, who shot 579, in the bronze-medal match.
The other Indian pair of Rhythm Sangwan and Arjun Singh Cheema finished 10th with a score of 576 and failed to make it to the medal rounds.
Turkiye, after equalling Qualification Olympic Record with 582, and Serbia (581), who finished second, respectively, will contest the gold-medal match.
Bhaker was sensational with her 98s in the first two series, but a 95 in the third set pulled the team down a bit. However, the pair did enough to make the medal round in the end.
Sarabjot, who missed out on gaining a spot in the finals of the men’s 10m air pistol event by a whisker, shot 97 in the second and third, after a 95 in the first. (PTI)
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