Tokyo: India Angad V VIR Singh Bajwa finished 18 while compatriot Mairaj Ahmad Khan ended 25th at the Tokyo Olympic men’s Skeet show here on Monday.
Angad Shot aged 25 years 120 in five series and Maairaj can only manage only 117 in the Asaka range.
Placing 11 nights credited and observed the final bed at the end of the first three rounds, Angad missed his target three times on the second day of the qualification to bend out of the fight without fighting.
The order of the score was read 24 25 24 23 24.
On the other hand, Maairaj could not improve in an overnight position and end the competition with a score of 25 24 22 23 23 with a total of 117.
France Eric Delaunay for the qualification with the Olympic record 124 + 6 (including cash), While Italy Tammaro Cassandro (124 + 5) reached for the second place.
Eetu Kallioinen from Finland was third with 123 in qualifications where 30 shooters competed.
In the Skeet qualification, each shooter pulled the trigger 125 times crossing five series and from eight shooting stations arranged in semi-circle.
The top six eligions for the final, where they photographed 60 targets.
Angad holds a world record in Skeet with 60 of 60, achieved at the Asian Shotgun Championship in Kuwait, in 2018.
He has shot 60/60 next year, in New Delhi, to get better than Maairaj on the road to defend the crown of citizens.
Angad missed two targets from 75, placed 11 at a count again at the end of the third round on Sunday.
Mairaj has 71 and puts 25 of the 30 shooters in the commotion.