Paris 2024 Olympics Day 1: Indian 10m Air Rifle mixed teams fail to reach medal rounds
Paris: India’s pursuit of a medal on the opening day of the Olympics this year faced a setback as both Indian pairs competing in the 10-metre Air Rifle Mixed event failed to make it to the finals on the way to win a medal.
The team of Ramita Jindal and Arjun Babuta finished sixth in the event, with an overall score of 628.7, while Elavenil Valarivan and Sandeep Singh ended at 12th position with a score of 626.3. As a result, both teams fell short of the top four required to advance to the medal rounds.
The team from China was the topper in the qualification round on Saturday, followed by Korea in second position and Kazakhstan at third position.
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3 killed, 4 injured in truck-autorickshaw collision in UP
Shahjahanpur (UP) (PTI): Three people were killed and four injured in a collision between a truck and an autorickshaw here on Sunday afternoon, police said.
Superintendent of Police (SP) Saurabh Dixit said the truck was coming from the Jalalabad side and the auto-rickshaw from the opposite direction.
Due to the impact of the collision, Ramkshatriya (28), an unidentified 40-year-old woman and Kallu (45) died on the spot, the SP said.
On receiving information about the accident, police rescued four injured people, who were admitted to the government medical college for treatment. The bodies have been sent for post-mortem, Dixit said.
The truck driver fled the scene after the accident and the vehicle has been seized. Efforts are underway to trace the driver, police said.
