Thursday, January 28, 2016

Shooting News

At Asian Olympics qualifying tournament 2016, New Delhi, India

Young Kynan Chenai battled all odds to finish fourth and grab one of the four Rio 2016 Quota Place available in men's trap event ... But experienced Manavjit Singh Sandhu could not clear the qualification hurdle in men's trap.

Kynan qualified for the strong six-man finals field shooting a score of 120 (47/50 yesterday and 73/75 today) ... In the final rounds, Kynan tied with three others after the first 15 shots with a score of 12 to reach the semi-finals stage, thereby assuring the 10th quota for India from shooting ... Kynan lose 13-14 in the bronze medal shoot-off with Kuwait's Talal Al-Rashidi.

In the men's 25m rapid fire pistol event, Vijay saw his dreams of securing a quota for Rio fade away after having qualified for the finals with a top score of 576 in qualifying ... In the six-man final where he had to beat Qatari Oleg Engachev and one out of two Japanese shooters to ensure a quota, Vijay became the second shooter to be eliminated finishing fifth as a result.

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