Rio Live: Abhinav Bindra Finishes Fourth in 10m Air Rifle Finale
All the live updates from Abhinav Bindra’s 10m air rifle event at the Rio Olympics.
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Bindra Finishes Fourth
The Beijing Olympics’ gold medalist has to settle for the fourth spot in the men’s 10m air rifle final after losing the shoot-off for the bronze medal with Ukraine’s S Kulish.
Shoot-out for Third
Abhinav Bindra and Serhiy Kulish of Ukraine both shoot the same cumulative score.
A shoot-out to chose the medalist!
Four Left in Finale
12 Shots in, Bindra Third
Three shooters are eliminated from the finale as our champ is currently placed third with a score of 123.5. The leader’s score is 124.3
Bindra Climbs to Second
After 11 shots, the Indian ace moves up to the second spot with a total score of 113.4
Third!
The Beijing Olympics’ champ moves into medal contention after 10 shots. His score is 102.7 as a second shooter is eliminated from the finale.
After 9 shots, Bindra maintains his 4th position with a total tally 92.0.
After 8 Shots
Ukraina’s Oleh Tsarkov gets eliminated first in the 8-man final. His score was 79.7
Bindra is placed 4th with a score of 81.2
Abhinav Bindra slips to 7th position with a score of 60.1.
Abhinav Bindra is placed 5th after the first round with score of 29.9.
New Format for 10m Air Rifle
For the first time in the history of the Olympics, the final of the 10m air rifle will be contested as a 20-shot shoot out.
- The final begins with the eight shooters firing six shots – three rounds of two shots each.
- The next stage of the final is single shot rounds. After shot no 7 and 8, the shooter with the lowest aggregate score is eliminated from the final line-up and placed eighth.
- The elimination of the lowest-scoring shooter will take place successively after two shots. The medallists will be identified at the end of the 16th shot.
- There will only be two shooters left for the 19th and the 20th shot, which will decide the gold and silver medallist.
2008 Olympic gold medalist Abhinav Bindra secured a qualification for the finals of 10m Air Pistol on Monday. India’s flag bearer made the cut with 625.7 points and secured 7th rank.
Bindra secured his nomination with scores of 104.3, 104.4, 105.9, 103. 8, 102.1 and 105.2. The shooter was in a spot of bother after faring poorly in series 4 and series 5 but, the shooter managed to keep his calm for the final series and secured the qualification.
10m air rifle shooting is the only event in which the five time Olympian will represent India.
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