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Rio 2016: Shooters Apurvi, Ayonika crash on Olympics Day 1

PTI
Published : Aug 7, 2016, 2:07 am IST
Updated : Aug 7, 2016, 2:07 am IST

Ayonika Paul in action during the women’s 10m air rifle qualification round on Saturday. (Photo: AP)

Ayonika Paul in action during the women’s 10m air rifle qualification round on Saturday. (Photo: AP)

India had a mixed morning on day one of competitions in the Rio Olympics here as rower Dattu Baban Bhokanal entered the quarter-finals in men’s single sculls while shooters Ayonika Paul and Apurvi Chandela put up a flop show to crash out of the 10m air rifle final.

Paddler player Mouma Das crashed in the first round too, going down 2-11, 7-11, 7-11, 3-11 to Daniela Dodean Monteiro of Romania.

Meanwhile, Leander Paes’s record seventh Olympics ended on the first day when he and Rohan Bopanna lost to the Polish combo of Lukasz Kubot/ Marcin Matk-owski 4-6, 6-7 (6).

The day’s proceedings started on a promising note when 25-year-old Pune-based armyman Bhokanal ended up third in the first heat of the day by finishing the 2,000m race in seven minutes, 21.67 seconds behind Angel Fournier Rodriguez of Cuba (7:06.89) and Mexico’s Juan Carlos Cabrera (7:08.27).

Bhokanal, who had qualified with a silver medal finish in the Asia-Oceania qualifier, was in second place for the first 500 metres of the race but started to lag behind once the Mexican in lane 2 picked up the pace around the 700 metres mark.

Even as there was some rejoicing in the Indian camp, there were setbacks from the shooting range with the elimination of the two women shooters. Chandela shot an overall 411.6 to finish 34th out 51 competitors while Paul finished further down in 47th place.

Location: Brazil, Rio de Janeiro