Indian shooters Vijayveer Sidhu and Anish Bhanwala gave a good account of themselves in the qualifications, but could not enter the final of the 25m rapid fire men’s pistol event at the Olympic Games here on Sunday.

Vijayveer and Anish shot brilliantly over two stages of qualification, staying in contention till the final 10 shots of the second rapid-fire stage, only to shoot scores of 92 and 93, finishing ninth and 13th respectively. Only the top six shooters make the final cut.