Arjun Babuta finishes fourth in Men’s 10m Air Rifle at Paris Olympics

Babuta looked good for a top-three finish for the large part but a 9.5 on the final shot saw him come up short.

Arjun Babuta came agonisingly close to winning a second medal in shooting at the Paris Olympics. | Photo Credit: A.M.FARUQUI/The Hindu

Arjun Babuta came agonisingly close to a podium finish in 10m Men’s Air Rifle but had to settle for a fourth-place finish with 208.4 points at the Chateauroux shooting range in the Paris Olympics on Monday. 

Croatia’s Miran Maricic bagged the bronze with a total of 230. China’s Sheng Lihao won gold with 252.2 (OR), and Sweden’s Victor Lindgren won silver with 251.4.

Babuta looked good for a top-three finish for the most part, but a 9.5 on the final shot saw him come up short. He became the second Indian shooter to miss out on a medal today, as Ramita Jindal finished seventh in the women’s 10m air rifle final.

Earlier, in the qualification series of 60 shots, Babuta scored a total of 630.1, securing seventh place. Babuta is the third Indian to qualify for the final of a shooting event at the Paris 2024 Games.

The first Indian was Manu Bhaker, who reached the final of the women’s 10m air pistol and won a bronze medal. The second Indian was Ramita Jindal, who finished seventh in the women’s 10m air rifle final.