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At M25 in Santa Margherita di Pula, Italy (clay)

[R2] (Q) Manas Dhamne (IND,1344) vs. Kai Wehnelt (GER,602)

Rutuja starts with an easy win in Japan.

At W100 in Gifu, Japan (Hard)

[Q1] (8) Rutuja Bhosale (IND,364) d. (WC) Haru Ohno (JPN,NR) 60 61

Next,

[Q2] (8) Rutuja Bhosale (IND,364) vs. (13) Thasaporn Naklo (THA,397)

Another first round loss for Ankita.

At ITF W50 in Lopota, Georgia,

[R1] Ankita Raina (IND,258) l. Daria Kudashova (RUS,600) 46 64 67(5)

Or just exchange that extra for womens trap for whatever it is worth. Than, we will have 27 participants out of maximum possible limit of 30 ( only missing is 1 in mens trap and skeet and second mixed skeet team). Btw, 2 of the 4 trials are done for rifle/ pistol in New Delhi. It is too early to say...

^^^ This news is posted on the same page above, Prasen. In the latest rankings, men are #2 behind Korea. Men should qualify easily based on rankings even if they do not qualify thru final olympic qualifier. Women are still ranked 8th, as of now they are third among non-qualified teams with Indonesia...

Manas is again playing in qualifying of M25 at Santa Margherita di Pula, Italy. Today, he won Q1 against Matteo Mesaglio (ITA,NR) 75 61.

Manas has a tough match against top seed in qualies, Luigi Sorrentino (ITA,860) in final qualifying round.

This also means if Manu or Esha are sent for both pistol events and we repurpose the quota spot, we could have 2 mixed skeet teams. I also thought of the same ( exchange womens pistol for mens skeet) but found that quota exchange is allowed only within same gender. So, we cannot have second shooter...

She was unranked before this World Cup. At least not in top 100. So not sure what will her ranking be. I guess she only has one shot at qualifying that is in the comming qualifier tournament. Does she need to finish in top 4? Team ranking was 8th before this and they lost in pqf. So don't expect it...

Damn, for the first time in his career, RamK gets a 4-5 weeks break and than gets injured in the first week after that just when his singles game is looking up.

Hope his ankle gets better in the subsequent weeks on this tour.

Maheshwari Chauhan made it to the final with 121.

Final coming up shortly. I think 2 of the 6 shooters are quota ineligible ( China and Chile).. So, Maheshwari has to finish ahead of 2 out of other 4.

Deepika did beat 2 of the 3 Koreans who will be at Paris olympics and lost to a third Korean who was Asian Games champion. This is very good considering how we have fared against Koreans in the past. Still from one tournament we cannot say she has a medal chance at Paris. First she has to qualify wh...

@Sinhombre, if you are updating Olympics projections, need to upgrade mens archery team as they beat powerhouse Korea in Shanghai world cup and are almost sure to qualify now for Paris.

Yes, we easily beat Singapore 4-1 to make it to the QF.

20 year Ishrani Baruah also looks a talented youngster apart from Anmol, Tanvi Sharma and Unnati Hooda.

Our mens recurve team stun Korean team which consisted of those who were part of Olympic gold medal winning team 5-1 to win gold at Shanghai world Cup. Apart from gold, it also raises our ranking points and we are now 12 points ahead of the other teams who have not qualified yet for Paris Olympics. ...

Just saw that W100 Gufu, Japan qualifying starts only on Monday. So, Rutuja should be able to make it there safely.

Btw, in live rankings, Rutuja moves ahead of Ankita as India #2 in doubles - Rutuja at #225 and Ankita at #235. Prarthana is India #1 at #150.