While young Manu Bhaker and Yashaswini Deswal will compete in women s air pistols, Deepak Kumar and Divyansh Singh Panwar will be keen to erase the disappointment of their fellow teammates on Saturday when they compete in 10m air rifle.
Experienced shooter Mairaj Ahmad Khan and young Angad Vir Singh Bajwa will then attempt to qualify for the medal rounds in skeet.
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Tokyo Olympics: Manu Bhaker and Yashaswini Deswal fail to qualify for 10m Air Pistol final
Tokyo Olympics: Manu Bhaker and Yashaswini Deswal fail to qualify for 10m Air Pistol final Tokyo Olympics: Manu Bhaker came agonisingly close to sealing a spot in the 10m Air Pistol Final on her Games debut but the Indian finished 12th while World No. 1 Yashaswini Deswal finished a spot behind the teenage shooter.
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Manu Bhaker and Yashaswini Singh Deswal fail to make it to medal round. (Twitter Photo)
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Yashaswini Deswal finished 13th, failing to make the 8-woman final
Indian shooters have failed to live up to reputation so far in Tokyo
Russia s Vitalina Batsarashkina sets Olympic record in winning women s 10-meter air pistol gold
TOKYO Russian shooter Vitalina Batsarashkina won gold in women s 10-meter air pistol at the Olympics on Sunday, five years after taking silver at the Rio de Janeiro Games.
Batsarashkina just missed gold in Rio and followed through in Tokyo, shooting an Olympic-record 240.3 points to finish 0.9 ahead of Bulgaria s Antoaneta Kostadinova.
Jian Ranxin of China took bronze after matching Greece s Anna Korakaki s three-year-old record of 587 points to lead qualifying. I still can t believe I won gold, Batsarashkina said through an interpreter.
The 24-year Russian shooter still has plenty more chances to add to her haul.