Team Philippines: Skeet shooter out, fails to qualify

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Team Philippines' skeet shooter Brian Rosario is out of the Olympics after placing 31 of 36 overall

MANILA, Philippines – Team Philippines’ skeet shooter Brian Rosario is out of the Olympics after placing 31st of 36 at the end of two qualifying days.

Only the top 6 from the quailifications move on to the finals.

At the end of Day 1 on Monday, July 30, Rosario scored 22, 19 and 25 in the first three rounds respectively, out of a possible 25. He ended the day on the 32nd spot.

He finished the last two rounds on Tuesday, July 31, scoring 22 in both the 4th and 5th rounds, which gave him a total score of 110 and helped lift him one stop higher than the day before.

Rosario earned his spot on the Philippine team after being chosen by the International Olympic Committee as wild card entry, besting seven others for the coveted spot.

Despite a score of 120 out of 125 at the World Cup Shotgun Championship in October 2011, Rosario was unable to qualify through his personal wins alone and was luckily chosen for the wild card.

His score at Belgrade, however, fell only one point short of the gold medal score at the Beijing 2008 Olympics, which gave Pinoys hope that he could take home a medal.

Rosario is the third athlete from the Philippine team to be eliminated from the Games. On Sunday morning, July 29, Jessie Lacuna failed to qualify for the men’s 200m freestyle. Weightlifter Hidilyn Diaz also bid her dreams goodbye Monday, July 30, after failing to clear her clean and jerk, costing her an automatic elimination. – Rappler.com

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