Pakistani athletes continued their disappointing performance at the Paris Olympics 2024, with swimmers Ahmed Durrani and Jahanara Nabi failing to qualify for the next round in their respective events.
Ahmed Durrani competed in the men's 200m freestyle swimming event and unfortunately finished last in his heat.
In the preliminary 200m heats, he finished fourth out of four swimmers, finishing the race in 1 minute and 58.67 seconds. He couldn't beat his previous best time of 1 minute and 55 seconds.
Later, he finished 25th out of 25 swimmers. His time was 11 seconds slower than the swimmer who qualified for the semifinals.
Jahanara Nabi finished 26th out of 30 swimmers in the women's 200m freestyle event. Despite trying hard, she failed to make it to the top 16.
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Before the swimmers, Pakistan's shooters Gulfam Joseph and Kushmala Talat also failed to qualify for the 10m air pistol final at the 2024 Paris Olympics.
One of the seven Pakistani athletes participating in the Games, Joseph had to finish in the top eight to make it to the next round.
But he fell far behind the other competing shooters and finished 22nd out of 33 with 571 points out of 600.
Meanwhile, Serbia's Demir Macic topped the Paris Olympics men's 10m air pistol leaderboard with 584 points while Italy's Federico Nello Maldini and Christian Reitz were the other shooters in the top three.
Notably, Indian shooters Sarbjot Singh and Arjun Singh Cheema also failed to qualify for the next round.
Meanwhile, Kushmala Talat also suffered the same fate as she failed to qualify for the 10m women's air pistol final after finishing 31st out of 44 shooters. He scored a total of 567 points from six series.
