Pakistani strikers GM Bashir and Khalil Akhtar were eliminated from the medal stage in the Olympic Games

Karachi: Pakistani strikers Gulam Mustafa Bashir and Khalil Akhtar were eliminated from the Olympic Games to the medal stage after failing to maintain the top six in two qualifiers.

Although expectations for Akhtar are not high, the spotlight is GM Bashir, who ranked sixth with 293 points at the end of the first stage of the qualifiers on Sunday.

Despite a good start, he fell to 10th at the end of the two-stage qualifiers, and Bashir was unable to replay the same game on Monday morning.

He scored 286 points and his total score reached 579 in the qualifying stage.

Bashir scored 99 points on five shots in the first two series and started the second phase within 8 seconds. This allowed him to rise to fifth place, increasing the excitement of Pakistani fans.

However, in the next two series, 5 shots in 6 seconds per game, Bashir only scored 95 points and 92 points in 4 seconds in the last two series.

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At the end of the first stage, Akhtar, ranked 16th, managed to improve his position by one position, but it was not enough. He scored 97, 94 and 95 in the second stage of the series, and finally scored 572 points.

Surprisingly, the Frenchman Clement Bessaguet (Clement Bessaguet) was also eliminated from the competition for medals. He was in the lead at the end of the first period, but had a poor performance on Monday.