Indian shooter Arjun Babauta has reached the finals of the Men’s 10 meter Air Rifle event. Babauta scored 630.1 in the 60-shot qualification series and finished seventh. Top-8 players have made it to the finals. The final match of this event will be held on Monday (July 29). Arjun scored 105.7 in the first series, 104.9 in the second, 105.5 in the third, 105.4 in the fourth, 104.0 in the fifth and 104.6 in the sixth series. The final of this event will be played tomorrow (July 29).
Sandeep Singh disappointed
Let us tell you that Sandeep Singh was also participating in Men’s 10 meter Air Rifle, but he stood 12th with 629.3 points. China’s Lihao Sheng took first place in the qualification round with 631.7 points, followed by Argentina’s Marcelo Julian Gutierrez with the same score. Italy’s Danilo Dennis Solazzo finished third.
She is the third Indian to qualify for the final of the shooting event at the Paris 2024 Games. Manu Bhaker was the first Indian to reach the final of women’s 10 meter air pistol and won the bronze medal. After this Ramita Jindal reached the final of women’s 10 meter air rifle.
Arjun Babauta and Sandeep Singh had participated in the 10 meter air rifle mixed team event, where their performance was not good. Arjun Babauta and Ramita Jindal finished sixth with a total score of 628.7, while Sandeep Singh and Elavellin Valarivan finished 12th with a total score of 626.3. The pair of Arjun and Ramita had once created hope. The Indian pair was in fifth place with three shots remaining, but ultimately fell 1.0 points behind the cut-off for the medal round.