Paralympics 2024: Para-shooter Rubina Francis enters 10m air pistol final

Indian shooter Rubina Francis showed tremendous determination to qualify in seventh place for the women's 10m air pistol (SH1) final, even as 10m air rifle (SH1) marksman Swaroop Unhalkar was unable to make an impact at the Paralympic Games here on Saturday.

Rubina, 25, trailed the top-eight shooters for most part of the qualification round but picked up speed at the fag end to sneak into the medal round.

The shooter from Madhya Pradesh had also finished seventh in the qualifying round at the Tokyo Paralympics three years back before ending up seventh in the final as well.

Rubina, who was placed 14th after the first series of 10 shots in the qualifying, gradually moved up and clinched a sport in the eight-shooter final with a score of 556.

Rubina had secured the Paralympics quota under the bipartite (wildcard) rule a few days before the contingent's departure for Paris.

In the men's 10m air rifle standing (SH1) event, Swaroop, the 38-year-old marksman competing in his second ...