New Delhi: India’s Saurabh Chaudhary showed his composure and stormed into the medal round of the men’s 10m air rifle after finishing on top in the men’s 10m air rifle qualification
Saurabh shot a series of 95 in the first series of men’s 10m pistol qualification. His first 10 shots were: 10, 10, 10, 10, 10, 9, 9, 9, 9, 9 and after this, he was positioned at the 17th spot.
Saurabh’s second 10 shots added up to 98 and hence he bettered his spot to 9th. In the third series, Saurabh once again put on a cumulative score of 98, and his rank rose further to fifth.
Many congratulations to @SChaudhary2002 as he advances to the finals of Men's 10m Air Pistol Shooting on finishing 1st in the qualification round. @abhishek_70007 finished the qualification round at 17th position. Final to commence at 12 PM IST#Cheer4India pic.twitter.com/TUuoIj5Lko
— SAI Media (@Media_SAI) July 24, 2021
In the fourth series, Saurabh shot a perfect 10 and his rank got better to second, and he was going all guns blazing. In the fifth and sixth, Saurabh shot 98 and 97 and he finished with a total score of 586.
Earlier on Saturday, both Elavenil Valarivan and Apurvi Chandela failed to qualify for the medal round after finishing 16th and 36th respectively in the women’s 10m air rifle qualification.
