Beijing: Athens Olympics silver medallist Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore on Monday crashed out of the Beijing Games after failing to qualify for the finals of the double trap shooting event.
Rathore, seen as a strong medal contender for India, shot a series of 43,45,43,131 to finish 15th among 19 shooters.
Struggling for form in the run up to the Games, the Army shooter's score of 131 was just not enough in a qualifying round that saw Italian Francesco D Aniello finish at the top of the heap with a total of 141.
India's other shooting hope, Samresh Jung's woeful form in the Olympics continued and he failed to make the 50m pistol finals, finishing a disappointing 42nd in the qualification round.
Jung, a multiple gold medallist from the 2006 Commonwealth Games, shot a series of 88,92,91,86,90,93 to average 9.0 that ruled him out of contention.
Jung had earlier missed the cut for the 10m air pistol event finals.
Meanwhile, China's Zongliang Tan qualified first for the event, shooting a series of 96,94,93,96,90,96 to average 9.417.
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