Ghulam Mustafa Bashir falls short despite fine effort at Paris Olympics
Pakistan's Ghulam Mustafa Bashir improved on his previous Olympic Games outing with a score of 581-19x but failed to qualify for the final of the 25m Rapid Fire men's event at the Chateauroux Shooting Centre on Sunday afternoon. The Okara native finished 15th in the qualification. His task was to end the day in sixth place in order to progress into the final that is to be played on Monday. The qualification had two stages, in the first stage the former Navy sailor scored 292-12x with the second eight score of 98, the second six scoring 99, and the second four score of 95. Later in the afternoon he was required to improve on his points but ended up with scores of 967 in seconds eight, 97 in the second six, and 95 in seconds four. Till the first quarter of the first stage, he was among the top four and had a chance, but soon he found himself struggling. During the break between the first stage and the second, according to an official with the shooting squad, Bahsir was relaxed a...