New Delhi, Monday, July 26, 2021: India’s Air Pistol and Air Rifle shooters are geared up to compete in the Mixed Team events come Tuesday, July 27, 2021, when both the 10M Air Pistol Mixed Team and 10M Air Rifle Mixed Team competitions make their Olympic debuts. Meanwhile at the Asaka Shooting range on Monday, day three, of the Tokyo 2020 Olympics Shooting competition, India’s Angad Bajwa finished 18thin the qualifiers with a score of 120 and Mairaj Ahmad Khan ended 25thwith 117, to bow out of the Men’s Skeet event.
Vincent Hancock of the USA won his third Olympic gold with a score of 59 out of 60 in the Men’s Skeet final, with Denmark’s former world champion Jesper Hansen winning silver and Kuwait’s Abdullah Alrashidi repeating his bronze-winning effort from the previous Rio Games.
Here is a snapshot of what is in store in the Mixed Team Air Pistol and Air Rifle events on Tuesday.
10M Air Pistol Mixed Team
India team pairs
– Saurabh Chaudhary & Manu Bhaker
– Abhishek Verma & Yashaswini Singh Deswal
Date & Time
– Qualification:
– Medal rounds: Tuesday, July 27, 2021, @ 7.30 AM IST
Teams
– 20 pairs
– Favourites & Strong pairs: Russia, Iran, China, France, Serbia
Format
– 1stqualification round: three series of 10-shots by each team member
– 2ndqualification round: top eight pairs of 1stround to shoot two series of 10-shots by each team member
– Medal rounds:
o Bronze medal match- Team 3 (2ndround) v Team 4 (2ndround)
o Gold medal match- Team 1 (2ndround) v Team 2 (2ndround)
– Finals Scoring:
o Team with a higher combined score of single shots fired by each team member on command gets two points with one point for a tie
o First team to 16 points with a difference of two wins
10M Air Rifle Mixed Team
India team pairs
– Divyansh Singh Panwar & Elavenil Valarivan
– Deepak Kumar & Anjum Moudgil
Date & Time
– Qualification:
– Medal rounds: Tuesday, July 27, 2021, @ 11.45 AM IST
Teams
– 29 pairs
– Favourites & Strong pairs: Hungary, Russia, USA, China, Germany
Format
– 1stqualification round: three series of 10-shots by each team member
– 2ndqualification round: top eight pairs of 1stround shoot two series of 10-shots by each team member
– Medal rounds:
o Bronze medal match- Team 3 (2ndround) v Team 4 (2ndround)
o Gold medal match- Team 1 (2ndround) v Team 2 (2ndround)
– Finals Scoring:
o Team with a higher combined score of single shots fired by each team member on command gets two points with one point for a tie
o First team to 16 points with a difference of two wins