London 2012: Daniel Repacholi so close to final

FORMER Romsey resident and Melton Pistol Club shooter Daniel Repacholi missed the final of the 50m air pistol by just three points on Sunday.

Repacholi's Olympic campaign ends without the chance for a medal after he fell three points short of the top seven and two short of the shoot-off for eighth at the Royal Artillery Barracks in London.

Repacholi shot 557 points with eight inner-10s in qualifying to finish 19th of 38 competitors.

Just up the table no less than six competitors tied for eighth with 559, going into a shoot-off for the final won by Italian Giuseppe Giordano.

South Korea's Young Rae Choi was the top scorer in qualifying with 569 points.

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