Question: Saurabh Chaudhary who participated in Tokyo Olympics and finished at 7th in which sports category?
(a) Weightlifting
(b) Air Pistol
(c) Archery.
(d) Artistic Gymnastics.
Answer: (b)
Related Facts:
- Saurabh Chaudhary had made it to the final of the men’s 10m air pistol, but he has got the seventh rank in this event.
- Earlier, Saurabh Chaudhary had made it to the final of the men’s 10m air pistol, then he finished first in the qualification round. He had scored a total of 586 marks. At the same time, Abhishek Verma of India remained at number 17 with 575 points. Saurabh Chaudhary scored 95, 98, 98, 100, 98 and 97 points in 6 series.
- Saurabh shot a series of 95 in the first series of men’s 10m pistol qualification. His first 10 shots were: 10, 10, 10, 10, 10, 9, 9, 9, 9, 9 and after this, he was positioned at the 17th spot.
- Saurabh’s second 10 shots added up to 98 and hence he bettered his spot to 9th. In the third series, Saurabh once again put on a cumulative score of 98, and his rank rose further to fifth.
- In the fourth series, Saurabh shot a perfect 10 and his rank got better to second, and he was going all guns blazing. In the fifth and sixth, Saurabh shot 98 and 97 and he finished with a total score of 586.
BY : AMIT GUPTA
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