Tokyo Olympics: Indian Shooters Apurvi Chandela, Elavenil Valarivan Fail To Qualify For 10m Air Rifle Women's Final
Indian shooters were off to a poor start at the Tokyo Olympics as first-timer Elavanil Valarivan and Apurvi Chandela failed to qualify for the finals of the women's 10m air rifle event on Saturday.
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Apurvi Chandela and Elavenil Valarivan fail to qualify for finals
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The Indian shooters were in action in 10m Air Rifle qualification round
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Apurvi settled for the 36th place while Elavenil finished at 16th
Indian shooters were off to a poor start at the Tokyo Olympics as first-timer Elavanil Valarivan and Apurvi Chandela failed to qualify for the finals of the women's 10m air rifle event on Saturday. Making her Olympic debut, Elavanil finished 16th after shooting 626.5 over six series of 10 shots each, while the more experienced Apurvi settled for the 36th place after aggregating 621.9 at the Asaka Range. The Indians were off to a decent start and even as Apurvi slipped after that, the 21-year-old Elavenil tried to remain in the contest with a fine performance in the third series, including shooting a perfect 10.9.Â
However, Elavenil could not maintain the same form and a couple of 9s in the fifth and sixth series pushed her further down.Â
Apurvi had finished 34th at the 2016 Rio Games Norway's Jeanette Hegg Duestad topped the qualification with an Olympic qualification record score of 632.9, while South Korea's Heemoon Park was second with 631.7.Â
American challenger Mary Carolyn Tucker finished third with 631.4.