Tomar, Rajput fail to qualify for 50m Rifle 3P final at Tokyo Olympics; Indian shooters finish without medal

Indian shooters Aishwarya Pratap Singh Tomar and Sanjeev Rajput failed to qualify for the finals of the men’s 50m rifle three position event at the Tokyo Olympics here on Monday.

Tomar finished 21st in the qualification while Rajput was placed 32nd at the Asaka Shooting Range as the Indian shooting team returned without a medal in the Olympics for the second time in a row.

Only the top 8 athletes qualify for the finals.

Tomar scored a total of 1167 with 63 inner 10s in qualification in the kneeling, prone and standing stages, while Rajput scored 1157 with 55 inner 10s in his third Olympics.

The cut was made on 1176.

With this Indian shooters failed to win medals in the second consecutive Olympics.