Rio Olympics 2016 Shooting: Mairaj Khan Finishes Day 1 of Skeet Qualifying on 10th, Gurpreet Singh 10th in 25m Air Pistol

Gagan Narang and Chain Singh both crashed out of the men's 50m rifle prone events after disappointing performances in the qualification round. In skeet qualification (Day 1) Mairaj finished 10th while in men's 25m rapid rapid fire pistol qualifying (Day 1) Gurpreet Singh ended on 10th spot. Follow shooting highlights of Rio Olympics 2016 here. (SCHEDULE | MEDAL TALLY)

Mairaj Ahmad Khan will continue his campaign in the men's skeet qualification on Saturday.

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23:05 IST: Sumeeth Reddy/Manu Attri lose second game 21-15 and are out of contention to progress to the next round.

22:50 IST: Sumeeth Reddy/Manu Attri lose first game 21-13

22:40 IST: Gurpreet finishes Day 1 of qualification in 25m air pistol on 10th spot

22:35 IST: The men's doubles Pool match of Sumeeth Reddy/Manu Attri and China's Hong/Chai starts

22:29 hrs IST: Mairaj finishes 10th in skeet qualification (Day 1). He has strong chance of qualifying for the semi-finals.

22:20 IST: Gurpreet is currently 13th in 25m air pistol qualification

22:10 IST: Mairaj doing well in skeet qualification. He is sixth currently.

22:09 IST: Meanwhile, in 25m air pistol Gurpreet has climbed to ninth spot.

22:03 IST: Mairaj has started his round 3.

21:40 IST: Mairaj is up to fifth place. He is yet to shoot in Round 3.

21:20 IST: With scores of 24 and 25 from his first two rounds in Day 1 of men's skeet qualification, Mairaj Khan is currently placed 6th in the standings.

21:00 IST: Gurpreet Singh scores a total of 289 in Stage 1 of his qualification round. His scores in the three series were 100, 99, and 90.

20:18 IST: Vikas Gowda's second attempt is 58.99. He will need to register a throw of at least 65.50 or be placed in the top 12 to qualify for the final. He has one attempt remaining.

20:00 IST: Vikas Gowda has registered a throw of 57.59 in his first attempt in the men's discus throw event to be placed 25th. The top 12 throwers will qualify for the final.

19:36 IST: Mairaj Khan remains in the 9th spot with a score of 24.

19:32 IST: This is turning out to be a terrible day for India in Rio. The Jwala Gutta-Ashwini Ponnappa pair has now crashed out after losing their second straight group stage match. They were beaten 21-16, 16-21, 21-17 by Netherlands' Eefje Muskens and Selena Piek.

19:20 IST: More bad news for India as Jinson Johnson bows out of the men's 800m after failing to qualify from his Heat event.

19:15 IST: Meanwhile, more bad news for India as Manpreet Kaur finishes 20th in the shotput qualification round, and bows out of the event.

19:08 IST: Mairaj Khan has slipped after a good start, but he is still  in the top 10 with a score of 24.

18:53 IST: India's Mairaj Ahmad Khan has started strongly in the men's skeet qualification event. He has a total of 19 from the first round and is currently placed 3rd.

18:20 IST: Gagan Narang and Chain Singh have both crashed out of the 50m rifle prone event. Narang finishes with a score of 623.1 and finishes in the 13th spot. Chain Singh finishes in 36th place with a score of 619.6. It's a disappointing end to India's challenge in the 50m rifle prone event.

18:16 IST: A terrible Series 6 from Gagan Narang sees him go out of the top 10. His total score is 623.1.

18:13 IST: Gagan Narang has dropped to 9th after a couple of poor shots. He still has two more shots remaining.

18:11 IST: Russia's Sergey Kamenskiy leads the standings having scored 629 from this round.

18:05 IST: Gagan Narang finishes Series 5 with a score of 104. He is in 8th spot. Can he make it to the final?

17:58 IST: Gagan Narang has slipped after managing a score of 103 in Series 4. He is still in the 8th spot with a score of 458.2.

17:53 IST: Meanwhile, Chain Singh is down at 34th with a score of 340.3. His Series 2 score of 101 has hurt his chances badly.

17:48 IST: A strong Series 3 from Gagan Narang. He scores 104.6 in this series and follows with up with a good start in Series 4 to take his total to 344.3. He is currently in the fifth spot.

17:44 IST: Gagan Narang finishes Series 2 with a score of 104.4. He starts off well in Series 3 as well, and is currently 3rd with a score of 262.1.

17:39 IST: Chain Singh has dropped down to 22nd after managing 41 from his first four attempts in Series 2.

17:37 IST: Gagan Narang has scored 104.7 in Series 1 and is currently in the 7th spot. Chain Singh scores 104.1 to be placed 12th.

17:35 IST: Gagan Narang has made a decent start so far. He is tied 4th with a score of 94.6 in Series 1.

17:34 IST: Chain Singh, with a total of 51.5, is tied 25th in Series 1.

17:32 IST: Gagan narang starts off with a 10.5. He adds another 21 from his next two attempts to take his total to 31.5 in Series 1.

17:20 IST: Hello and welcome to our live coverage of shooting events from Rio Olympics 2016. The day will start with Gagan Narang and Chain Singh taking part in the qualifying of the 50m rifle prone event.

Gagan Narang is aiming to secure his second medal at the Olympic Games.

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India's Mairaj Khan Ahmad will be in action in the qualifiers of the skeet event. That starts at 6 PM IST.

A fourth Indian will also be in show. Gurpreet Singh will participate in the qualifiers of 25m rapid fire event from 8:45 PM.

A lot of focus will be on Gagan Narang and Chain Singh. The final rounds of 50m rifle prone event will start at 7:30 PM IST. Will Narang and Singh make it?

Thirty-three-year-old Narang, who won a bronze medal in the 10m air rifle event in London 2012, finished seventh in the 50m rifle prone event at the World Cup in Baku in June this year. He had shot 621.1.

Narang will be up against Russia's Sergey Kamenskiy, who holds the world record in the event with a score of 633. Narang had won silver in this event at the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow.

Twenty-seven-year-old Chain Singh from Jammu and Kashmir will be a dark horse of sorts. Chain Singh won the bronze medal at the 2014 Asian Games in the 50m Rifle 3 Positions event. He won the 50m prone gold in this year's South Asian Games in Guwahati.

He followed that up with a gold medal at the International Shooting Competition of Hannover (ISCH) in May 2015. This will be his maiden Olympics.