Tokyo 2020 Olympics Shooting - Manu Bhaker misses second final by two points

New Delhi: Russian Olympic Committee (ROC) athlete Vitalina Batsarashkina clinched a double gold at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics Shooting competitions, winning the Women’s 25M Pistol on Friday at the Asaka Shooting range, adding to the 10M Air Pistol gold she won last Sunday. India’s Manu Bhaker, placed fifth overnight after the first precision round, shot 290 in the rapid fire round to finish with a score of 582, placing her 15thin the overall classifications, but yet again as in the 10M Air event, just two points off the top-eight pace.

Rahi Sarnobat, who needed a splendid round herself and hope that many others above her shot poorly, eventually shot a 286 in the rapid round for a 32ndplace finish and with a qualification round score of 573.

Tejaswini Sawant’s Olympic debut

Day eight of the Tokyo 2020 Shooting competitions on Saturday, will see former World Champion Tejaswini Sawant’s Olympic debut, with the seasoned shooter accompanying yet another Olympic debutant Anjum Moudgil, in the Women’s 50M Rifle 3 Positions (3P) qualification round. Anjum had officially debuted during the Mixed Team Rifle competition.

It's a 38-strong field in the Women’s 3P with some of the best exponents of the most gruelling of Rifle/Pistol events in the fray.

Here are some details

Qualification Round: 5.30am IST, Saturday, July 31st, 2021

Favourites: Seonaid McIntosh (world number one, Great Britain) & Yulia Karomova (reigning world champion, ROC)

Strong contenders: Jolyn Beer (Germany), Snjezana Pejcic (Croatia), Nina Christen (Switzerland), Chen Dongqi (China), Shi Mengyao (China), Bae Sanghee (Korea)