Prithviraj Tondaiman shot 119 and missed making the final by two points in trap in the Olympic qualification championship in Doha, Qatar, on Tuesday. He placed 23rd following a series of 24, 22, 25, 23 and 25 in five rounds, spread over three days, in a field of 140 shooters.
Andres Garcia of Spain won the Olympic quota with the gold medal, beating qualification topper Mauro De Filippis (124) of Italy 46-45.
Since Italy had already won the maximum possible two Olympic quotas, the second Olympic quota went to the bronze medallist Oguzhan Tuzun of Turkey. Five of the six in the final were gunning for the Olympic quota.
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In a highly competitive field, 12 shooters endured the shoot-off following a tie on 121 to secure the last two berths in the finals. The Spaniard was one of them.
In women’s trap, Zuzana Stefecekova of Slovakia won the gold ahead of the Aussies- Laetisha Scanlan and Penny Smith. The sixth-placed Melanie Couzy of France won the Olympic quota along with the seventh-placed Mariya Dmitriyenko of Kazakhstan.
There was a six-way tie for the last three spots in the final. Melanie and Mariya beat the field to secure their quota place as the top five had already won the Olympic quota, or their countries had already won a maximum of two quotas.
Manisha Keer did the best for India with 111 for the 37th place and missed the final by seven points.
India had won the trap Olympic quota through Bhowneesh Mendiratta and Rajeshwari Kumari earlier and has not been able to add any more. The Indian skeet shooters will try to win one quota each for men and women.
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