Another shooter narrowly missed the chance to secure the quota place for the Olympics in the 12th Asian shooting championship in Doha, Qatar, on Tuesday. Parampal Singh Guron missed the men's skeet final and with that missed the chance to to claim one of the four Olympic quota places, reports The Hindu. Guron shot 120 out of 125, but missed the final by just one point.
Results:
Men: Skeet: 1. Nasser Al-Attiyah (Qat) 150 (125); 2. Abdullah Alrashidi (Kuw) 147 (122); 3. Saeed Almaktoum (UAE) 146 (121); 7. Parampal Singh Guron 120; 14. Mairaj Ahmad Khan 119; 28. Man Singh 113. Team: 1. Qatar 362; 2. Kuwait 361; 3. UAE 359; 6. India 352.
Junior men: 50m rifle 3P: 1. Mahdi Jafaripouya (Iri) 1250.0 (1152); 2. Liu Jiaze (Chn) 1246.4 (1155); 3. Liu Liong (Chn) 1235.9 (1141); 5. Navdeep Singh Rathore 1233.3 (1138); 8. Sanahal Singh 1214.7 (1120); 12. Vaibhav Sharma 1109.
Women: Skeet: 1. Zhang Shan (Chn) 93 (10) 71; 2. Wei Ning (Chn) 93 (9) 71; 3. Angelina Michshuk (Kaz) 91 (69); 13. Rashmee Rathore 61; 16. Saniya Sheikh 61. Team: 1. China 207; 2. Kazakhstan 195; 3. Kuwait 186.
Riya Bhatia extended her stay in the girls' first round of the ITF juniors Grade II tennis after defeating Ann-Christin Nilsson from Germany 6-2, 6-3. Riya will have a tough pre-quarterfinal match against the third-seeded Oleksandra Korashvili from Ukraine, reports The Hindu.
Results (first round):
Boys: Jeroen Royakkers bt Keneisezotuo Whourie 6-1, 6-2; Hyeon Chung bt Teeradon Tortrakul 6-2, 6-2; Zvonimir Babic bt Garry Tokas 6-0, 6-1; Robert Dula bt Stanislav Korshunov 3-0 (retd.); Albert Alcaraz Ivorra bt Ivan Divkovic 6-1, 6-2.
Girls: Arina Folts bt Nayanika Devi Reddy 6-1, 6-3; Riya Bhatia bt Ann-Christin Nilsson 6-2, 6-3; Dabin Kim bt Sansitha Nandakumar 4-6, 6-3, 6-4; Ah Song bt Shreya Pasricha 6-1, 6-1.
Indian opener Gautam Gambhir came out with a statement in The Times of India saying that no particular player should be blamed for India’s poor performance and it’s the entire team that should be blamed. He supported VVS Laxman and said that he has been a prolific run scorer over the years and it’s him who should decide that when he is going to leave the cricket field.
Ex Indian captain Sourav Ganguly in his column in The Hindustan Times wrote that Indian selectors have a real tough task ahead of them and they should take some harsh decisions. He wrote that the selectors should not follow the technique of hiding from taking tough decision and come out to send a strong message and only that can take Indian cricket forward.
