Indian shooters Sarabjot Singh and Arjun Singh Cheema failed to qualify for the men's 10m air pistol event as they crashed out of the qualification round at the Paris Olympics 2024 on Saturday, July 27.
Sarabjot Singh finished ninth with 577 points, while Arjun finished at the 18th spot with 574 points. Both the Indian shooters excelled well in the initial stage of the qualification round of the men's 10m air pistol event.
At one stage, Sarabjot Singh and Arjun Singh Cheema were in the top eight until the final series, where they missed few crucial shots that resulted in pushing out of the positions to qualify for the final. Only top eight can quality for the final of the men's 10m air pistol.
Serbia's Damir Mikec topped the qualification round with 584 points, while Federico Nilo Maldini of Italy finished second with 581 points. German shooter Christian Reitz and South Korea's Lee Wonho secured third and fourth spots with 580 points each.
Italy's Paolo Monna and Xie Yu of China finished at fifth and sixth positions with 579 points apiece. Enkhtaivany Davaakhuu of Mongolia finished seventh with 578 points, while Robin Walter of secured eighth spot with 577 points.
Disappointing start for India shooting
India's shooting contingent had a disappointing start to their Paris Olympics 2024 campaign as 10m mixed air rifle teams - Sandeep Singh/Elavenil Valarivan and Arjun Babuta/Ramita Jindal, failed to qualify for the final as they were eliminated in the qualification round.
The mixed team pair of Arjun Babuta and Ramita Jindal finished sixth with 628.7 points. Arjun bagged 314.2 points, while Ramita scored 314.5 points. Sandeep Singh and Elavenil Valarivan, on the other hand, ended up in 12th place with 626.3 points.
Arjun Babuta and Ramita Jindal came close to qualifying for the medal round, but fell just 1.0 points short of finishing in the top 4 of the qualification round.
