That's the end of the qualifiers for the 50m rifle event. India's duo of Gagan Narang and Chain Singh put in grand performances, Narang in particular, to qualify for the main draw.
Gagan Narang manages to keep his place in the top 3 with a score of 103.4 in the fifth round while Chain Singh falls down the order after scoring 102.3 in the round.
India's Chain Singh returns with a poor score of 100.9 as per his lofty standards while the duo of James Daly and Ryan Taylor finish with 102.3 and 102.0 in the fourth round to add to their tally.
The fifth day was a very successful one for India. Shooting has been India's second most successful event in the Games after weightlifting.
Gold medals for India came in Table Tennis, Shooting, and Badminton on Day 5. Weightlifter Pardeep Yadav started Day 5 winning a Silver medal in Weightlifting Men's 105kg category. In shooting, Jitu Rai won Gold in the 10m Air Pistol event. Om Mitharwal won Bronze in the same event. In Badminton, India's Mixed Team won Gold, defeating Malaysia. Indian Men's Table Tennis repeated what their Female colleagues had done a day before by claiming Gold as well. India starting the 6th day with hopes of winning many more medals just as they did yesterday.
Day 6 sees in action Olympic medalist Gagan Narang for the first time along with Chain Singh. They will be representing India in the Men's 50m Prone rifle event. The Qualifiers will take place early in the morning with the Finals coming up later on in the day.