Italy’s 2016 Rio Olympics gold medallist Diana Bacosi also failed to clear the qualifications, finishing just below Maheshwari at 15th place with a total of 117.On the first day of qualifications, Maheshwari was closely following the leading pack at eighth position with an aggregate of 71. She had shot 23, 24, 24 and despite a 25 on Sunday, she could not make the cut.
Raiza was placed 25th among 29 shooters with an aggregate of 66 (21, 22, 23).
In the men’s event, both shooters fired scores of 293 in the first precision stage to go into the rapid fire round in fifth and seventh positions.
Vijayveer then shot a 100 and 98 in the first two rapid-fire series to move up to second at one stage as Anish also shot 99 and 97 to stay in touch with the top six. But the final round changed all of that.
India still has one more start in the shotgun competitions as Maheshwari comes back with Anant Jeet Singh Naruka for the mixed team skeet, an event which will be making an Olympic debut.
