Rio 2016 Olympics Shooting: Jitu Rai finishes 8th in men’s 10m air pistol final

Rio 2016 Olympics Shooting: As it happened for India athletes 

# Jitu Rai eliminated! eighth place finish for the Indian shooter with score of 78.7. The poor start didn’t help in a highly competitive line-up

# To stay alive, Jitu now needs quality shots to avoid elimination. He’s 8th with 68.6

# Brazil’s Felipe Almeida leads the chart with 62.5. Still a long way to go but a good start by the local shooter

# Jitu Rai with a poor 9.7 now. It’s a quality eight-member final. Can’t afford 9s. Plenty of 9s not the ideal start to Jitu’s final

# Jitu Rai, with 28.9, is at the eighth position at the moment. Three shots taken

Korea’s Jin Jongoh and China’s Pang Wei are favourites for gold in 10m air pistol

— Mihir Vasavda (@mihirsv) 6 August 2016

# Pang Wei is the real threat here. He had a brilliant qualifying round and seems good to bag a gold here

# Here we go. The men’s 10m air pistol final is underway. Decent support for the eight athletes

# Get the coffee/tea mugs ready. Jitu Rai’s medal round is about 15 minutes away

# Jitu Rai’s final will take place at 12:00 am IST. Which is about one hour from now

# BREAKING: Jitu Rai qualifies for men’s 10m air pistol final with scores of 96, 96, 98, 96, 96, 98

# Another 96 for Jitu Rai. He is 12th at the moment. He needs a strong sixth series

# 96 in the fourth series and Jitu Rai slips a bit. Needs a strong finish now

# China’s Pang Wei consolidates top spot with 99 in the third series

# With 98 in the third series, Jitu Rai moves to 10th position. Good show so far

# Jitu Rai rises to 12th position. A strong end to the third series will take him higher up the table

# In the third series, Jitu has managed a 39 so far. China’s Pang Wei continues to dominate with a very accurate day

# India’s other contender Gurpreet Singh scores 94 and 96 in his first two series. With 7 inner 10s so far

# Two 96s for Jitu in the first two series. Has managed 6 inner 10s in those

# China’s Pang Wei dominating with scores of 97 and 98 in first two series

# Jitu shoots 96 in the first series and is looking good in the second. Moves to 58 from a possible 60. Solid start. One shot left in the second series and he has 87 against his name. A 10 will move him up the table

# India’s Jitu Rai is in action in the men’s 10m air pistol qualification. He is a strong medal contender for India in this category

# In the end, Apurvi finishes 34th and Ayonika 43rd with scores of 411.6 and 407.0 respectively

# Apurvi’s scores so far – 104.2, 102.7, 103.3 and 101.4

Ayonika’s scores – 102.0, 104.5, 102.5, 98.0

# Apurvi and Ayonika both continue to languish in the rankings and will not be able to qualify for the finals.

# After four series of shots, Ayonika has a score of 370.8 and that of Apurvi is 371.5

# Ayonika Paul stands 25th with 237.7 and Apurvi is 33rd with 237.1.

# Both Apurvi Chandela and Ayonika Paul are equal on 185.6 after second series of shots.

# First in action will be the women – Ayonika Paul and Apurvi Chandela

Build up

# Jitu Rai carries India’s medal hopes on day 1 of Rio 2016 Olympics

If Jitu Rai is making his Olympics debut, Abhinav Bindra will perhaps be in his last and fifth Summer Games. (Source: AP)

India would be eyeing a medal on the opening day of competitions itself when the redoubtable Jitu Rai takes aim at the shooting range even as the much-hyped men’s hockey team begins its quest to rediscover a golden past in the 31st Olympic Games.

# Rio 2016 Olympics Opening Ceremony: Games open in Rio after stunning ceremony

Indian contingent at the Rio Olympics opening ceremony at the Maracana stadium (Source: Reuters)

The 31st Olympiad was open in Rio after a stunning opening ceremony at the Maracana stadium. All 207 countries plus the refugee team walked at the Parade of Nations. As part of the tradition, Greece led the parade followed by other countries in alphabetical order in the Portuguese language.

# Rio 2016 Olympics India’s Day 1 schedule: Jitu Rai, Men’s Hockey, Sania Mirza in action

The Indian shooting teams are highly motivated by the presence of Abhinav Bindra, Gagan Narang and Gurpreet Singh. (Source: PTI)

India start their Olympic campaign on Saturday, August 6, with the men’s hockey team taking on Ireland in the group stage. India have sent their largest ever contingent – 118 athletes – to an Olympic event. India’s search for Gold will begin right on Saturday after the opening ceremony at the Marcana Stadium.