Shooters Falter On Day 1

It was not a good day for the Indian shooting contingent. Though much was expected of them, Elavenil Valarivan and Apurvi Chandela failed to make it to the final of the women's 10m air rifle event. In the men's 10m air pistol event, Saurabh Chaudhary made it to the finals whereas Abhishek Verma bowed out in the qualifiers. Chaudhary ended up finishing seventh in the event.