Tokyo: Indian shooters Sanjeev Rajput and Aishwary Pratap Singh Tomar failed to qualify for the medal event after finishing 21st and 32nd respectively in the men’s 50m Rifle 3 positions, here on Monday.
The exits ended India’s shooting campaign at Tokyo 2020 with the men’s 50m rifle 3 positions being the final shooting event at the Olympics.
Of the 15 Indian shooters, only Saurabh Chaudhary made the final of his event – finishing seventh in the men’s 10m air pistol.
Olympic debutant Aishwary Pratap Singh Tomar finished 21st in the qualifying rounds with an aggregate of 1167 and Sanjeev Rajput could only finish 32nd with a total of 1157. The top eight shooters go through to the 50m rifle 3 positions final.
Rio 2016 silver-medallist Sergey Kamenskiy of the Russian Olympic Committee (ROC) topped qualifying with an aggregate 1183. China’s Changhong Zhang also had the same total but had hit only 67 inner 10s compared to Kamenskiy’s 78.
