Paris Olympics: Indian 10m mixed rifle teams lose in qualification round, Babuta, Ramita finish sixth

Paris, July 27 (HS). Indian shooters lost in the 10m air rifle mixed team qualification stage of the Paris Olympics here on Saturday.

Ramitha and Arjun Babuta finished sixth with a total score of 628.7, while Elavenil Valarivan and Sandeep Singh finished 12th with a total score of 626.3.

The pair of Ramitha and Arhun Babuta came close and finished fifth with three shots remaining but fell 1.0 point short of the medal round cut-off.

Babuta started well in the second relay with scores of 10.5, 10.6, 10.5, 10.9 while Ramita managed 10.2, 10.7, 10.3, 10.1 in the second series, her efforts taking the team into the top 8.

But, to reach the bronze medal round, they needed to do much more than what they eventually achieved. Shooters from China (first), Korea (second) and Kazakhstan (third) dominated the qualification.