Shooter Vijay Kumar Misses Rio Olympics Quota

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Shooter Vijay Kumar misses Rio Olympics quota . File Pic

Internet Desk : London Olympics silver medallist Vijay Kumar have missed the quota for the Rio Olympics while young Kynan Chenai have bagged his quota for the Summer Games later this year.

Vijay Kumar could only manage a top score of 576 which was not enough to get a ticket to Rio . 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.

The two quotas in the event were bagged by eventual gold medalist Teruyoshi Akiyama and bronze winner Eita Mori of Japan. Korea’s Yong Hoo Choi clinched the silver. Korea could not claim quotas in this event as they had already exhausted them in earlier competitions.

Chenai registered the best day of his short Trap shooting career, when he beat all odds to finish fourth and secure one of the four available quotas for India. At the Dr Karni Singh Shooting Range, Kynan qualified for the six-man finals.

India, thus, have bagged two quotas in two days. Heena Sidhu had won India’s ninth quota on Wednesday after winning gold in the women’s 10m Air Pistol.