Shooting: Manu Bhaker-Sarabjot Singh advance to bronze match

Indian shooters Manu Bhaker and Sarabjot Singh progressed to the 10m air pistol mixed team bronze medal match at the Paris 2024 Olympics on Monday.

Bhaker-Sarabjot shot 580 in the three series to finish third, ahead of the Republic of Korea’s Oh Ye Jin and Lee Wonho, in the qualification round. The two teams will feature in the bronze medal match tomorrow at 1:00 PM IST where Bhaker will eye her second bronze at the Chateauroux.

Turkiye’s Sevval Ilayda Tarhan and Yusuf Dikec, meanwhile, equalled the Olympic qualification record of 582, set by India at Tokyo 2020. In the gold medal match, they will take on Serbian duo Zorana Arunovic and Damir Mikec. Both pairs are assured a medal at Paris 2024.

Meanwhile, Rhythm Sangwan and Arjun Singh Cheema, the other Indian duo, scored 576 and finished 10th in the 10m air pistol mixed team qualification round.

Ramita Jindal ranked seventh in 10m air rifle final

Ramita Jindal finished seventh in the women’s 10m air rifle final. Having qualified fifth, Ramita was in medal contention early in the final. A 9.7 on the 10th shot, however, dropped her down to seventh. Eventually, she lost a shoot-off against France’s Oceanne Muller. Ramita recorded 10.5 whereas Muller shot 10.8.

The 16-year-old Ban Hyojin of the Republic of Korea, who smashed the Olympic qualification record on Sunday, won the gold medal in a thrilling shoot-off against the People’s Republic of China’s Huang Yuting. Hyojin hit 10.4 to clinch the title while Yuting notched 10.3 to settle for silver.

Both shooters, however, equalled the Olympic record of 251.8 set by Yang Qian at Tokyo 2020.

Audrey Gogniat of Switzerland bagged the bronze with a score of 230.3.