Anjali fails to qualify in 50m Rifle finals

Anjali Bhagwat's disappointing show at Athens came to an end when she finished 13th to miss the final in the 50m Rifle 3 Position. She had earlier finished a poor 20th in her pet event 10m Air Rifle.

Rifle shooter Anjali Vedpathak Bhagwat's disappointing show at the Athens Olympics came to an end on Friday when she finished 13th to miss the final in the women's 50m Rifle 3 Position.

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Anjali, who finished a poor 20th in her pet event 10m Air Rifle after being touted as a bright medal hope, put up another below par performance to finish joint 13th with a tally of 575 points in a field of 32.

The second Indian in the fray Deepali Deshpande was 19th with 572 points. The top eight finishers led by Olga Dovgun of Kazakhstan (588 points) qualified for the final.

The duo's early exit brought the curtains down on the Indian challenge at the Markopoulo Shooting Centre which saw Major Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore winning a historic silver medal in men's double trap.