Paris: Arjun Babuta narrowly missed a podium finish in the 10m Men’s Air Rifle at the Paris Olympics on Monday, securing a fourth-place finish with 208.4 points at the Chateauroux shooting range.
Croatia’s Miran Maricic claimed the bronze with a total of 230 points. China’s Sheng Lihao won gold with an Olympic record of 252.2 points, while Sweden’s Victor Lindgren took silver with 251.4 points.
Babuta appeared poised for a top-three finish but fell short after scoring 9.5 on his final shot. He became the second Indian shooter to miss out on a medal that day, following Ramita Jindal’s seventh-place finish in the women’s 10m air rifle final. In the qualification series of 60 shots, Babuta scored 630.1 points, placing seventh and becoming the third Indian to qualify for a shooting event final at the Paris 2024 Games.
