NEW DELHI: Indian shooters were eliminated in the 10m air rifle mixed team qualifications stage of the Paris Olympics on Saturday. Ramita and Arjun Babuta finished sixth with a total score of 628.7, while Elavenil Valarivan and Sandeep Singh ended at 12th place with an aggregate score of 626.3.
The duo of Ramita and Arhun Babuta came close and was placed fifth with three shots remaining but fell 1.0 point short of the medal round cut-off.
Babuta enjoyed a fine start in the second relay and had a sequence that read 10.5, 10.6, 10.5, 10.9, while Ramita managed 10.2, 10.7, 10.3, 10.1 in the second series, their effort taking the team into the top 8.
But, to get into the bronze medal round, they needed to do more than what they eventually achieved. Shooters from China (first), Korea (second) and Kazakhstan (third) dominated the qualifications.
A side has to get to the top four to enter the medal matches.
Following is India’s Day 1 schedule and results at the Paris Olympics on Saturday (All timings in IST):
Rowing
12:30 pm: Balraj Panwar finishes 4th in Men’s Single Sculls Heat 1, fails to qualify for quarterfinals.
Shooting
12.30 pm: Teams of Sandeep Singh/Elavenil Valarivan and Arjun Babuta/Ramita Jindal fail to qualify for 10m Air Rifle Mixed Team finals
2 PM: Sarabajot, Arjun fail to enter 10m air pistol final
Tennis
3:30 PM: Rohan Bopnna/N Sriram Balaji vs Edouard Roger-Vasselin and Fabien Reboul (France) in Men’s doubles first round match
Shooting
4 PM: Manu Bhaker qualifies for 10m air pistol women’s final after finishing third in qualification. Rhythm Sangwan fails to make the cut as she finishes 15th
Badminton
7:10 PM: Lakshya Sen vs Kevin Cordon (Guatemala) in Men’s singles group match
Table Tennis
7:15 PM: Harmeet Desai vs Zaid Abo Yaman of Jordan in Men’s singles preliminary round
Badminton
8 PM: Satwiksairaj Rankireddy/Chirag Shetty vs Lucas Corvee/Ronan Labar (France) in Men’s doubles group match
Hockey
9 PM: India vs New Zealand in Men’s Pool B match
Badminton
11:50 PM: Ashwini Ponnappa/Tanisha Crasto vs Kim So Yeong and Kong Hee Yong (Korea) in Women’s doubles group match
Boxing
12:02 AM: Preeti Pawar vs Thi Kim Anh Vo (Vietnam) in Women’s 54kg Round of 32