Paris Olympics 2024: Maheshwari Chauhan stays in contention in women's skeet

The 28-year-old is making her debut at the Olympic games in Paris.

Manu Bhaker suffered a setback in the shoot-off today, ending her hopes of winning a third medal at Paris Olympics 2024. Manu Bhaker scored 28 in the 25 meter pistol women’s final at the French National Shooting Center Range on the eighth day of Paris Olympics 2024. She finished fourth with a score of 28 and lost narrowly to Veronika Major in a shoot off.

Manu would probably rue a slow start to her pistol final, as she managed only two hits above the 10.2 mark in the first of 10 five-shot series at a 25-metre target.

But she bounced back in style, shooting four hits in four of the next six series, the fifth a perfect five, moving her into a second-place tie with Kamil Jedrzejewski of the host nation, who both recorded 26 hits. Korean Yang Jin led the way with 28 hits.

Two hits in the eighth series helped Hungary’s Veronika Major catch up with the Indian and both had to go into a shoot-off to confirm the medal. Veronika missed the second hit, but Manu also made two misses to secure the medal The Koreans also had to win the gold medal through a shoot-off, Camille won the silver and Veronica won the bronze at Paris Olympics 2024.

Maheshwari keeps her hopes alive at Paris Olympics 2024

At the shotgun range, Maheshwari Chauhan kept her hopes alive by finishing eighth in the skeet women’s competition by shooting 71 points in the first three rounds of qualification. The top six players qualify for the finals at Paris Olympics 2024.

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Maheshwari Chauhan secured 24 points each in second and third round and 23 in the opening round. Germany’s Nele Wismer and Britain’s Amber Jo Rutter finished on top respectively in the 29-member group. Both have scored 74 on the first three rounds.

Maheshwari was tied on the same score with four other players and two perfect rounds on Sunday could open up good options for her. The other Indian in the field, Raiza Dhillon, was way down the leaderboard on 25th position with a score of 66.

In the Skeet men’s competition at Paris Olympics 2024, India’s Anantjeet Singh Naruka ended his Paris Olympics 2024 campaign by finishing 24th with a score of 116. He shot rounds of 24-24 on the day.

Anish Bhanwala and Vijayveer Sidhu will also be seen in action in the two stages of the 25m rapid-fire pistol qualification on Sunday at Chateauroux Shooting Centre at 12:30 PM (IST) of Paris Olympics 2024.

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