Netizens Celebrate as Saurabh Chaudhary Tops Qualification Round

Nineteen-year-old Saurabh Chaudhary from India has topped the 10m air pistol shooting qualifier at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics on Saturday, 24 July. He finished with a score of 586 out of 600, shooting to the top of the standings.

Meanwhile, fellow Indian and world number three Abhishek Sharma failed to qualify as he could only manage to score 575.

Here's how netizens reacted to Saurabh Chaudhary topping the table and qualifying for the finals.

Saurabh Chaudhary qualifies for 10m Air Pistol Men’s Final, finishes at top in the qualification round . Hoping that he brings India's second individual gold in Olympics today.... #Shooting #Tokyo2020 #Cheers4India pic.twitter.com/ueOxgPepFm

— Sahil Choudhary (Mukesh) (@ch_sahil05) July 24, 2021

Saurabh Choudhary qualifies for final in 10m air pistol.
Abhishek Verma misses out ☹️ #shooting

— K I R A N (@Kiran_reddy_k) July 24, 2021

Saurabh confirms final as he ends on 586!! #Tokyo2020 #Shooting

— Kapil Choudhary (@kapil857) July 24, 2021

Bro how can I watch 10m pistol? Our boy Saurabh Choudhary is leading!!!#Olympics

— Arjun Bharath (@n80iyerboi) July 24, 2021

Abhishek Verma missed Finals with that 8 shot!!! He looked great till then, anyways Looking for a medal from Saurabh Choudhary, hope he can soak in all the final pressure and deliver!! #shooting #Tokyo2020 #IND #Olympics

— Ritwik Shah (@the_baniya_guy) July 24, 2021

Abhishek Made a very good comeback in the middle though...
Saurabh Choudhary qualifies for final in 10m air pistol. ❤

— Ritwika Dhar (@RituD307) July 24, 2021

#Shooting Saurabh (586-28x) has qualified to Finals finishing first (Jai Hind )

Abhishek(575-19x) finishes 17th

FINALS will be held at 12 PM Don't forget to #Cheer4India #TeamIndia #OlympicGames

— Sahil Choudhary (Mukesh) (@ch_sahil05) July 24, 2021

Not predicting these four in particular. But I’m going to bet that Saurabh Choudhary will become the first Indian with multiple medals in the same Olympics. https://t.co/5TLQ2N3CGH

— Aaditya Narayan (@AadityaN_28) July 19, 2021

#MirabaiChanu is lifting the weight of hopes of 1.3Billion people
All the best #CheerForIndia #OlympicGames #IndiaAtTokyo2020 #Saurabhchoudhary all the best Boy make india proud

— RUBINA DILAIK TEAM (@RubinaUniverse) July 24, 2021

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