BEIJING, Aug 11: Pakistan’s lone marksman Siddique Umer finished 48th in the 10-metre Air Rifle Shooting event of Olympics at the Beijing Shooting Range on Monday.

Siddique collected 578 points following rounds of 97, 94, 98, 96, 98 and 96 in the field of 51 shooters who featured in the qualification round.

The 26-year-old, featuring in his first Olympics, fired fine first, third and fourth rounds in which he mustered 98 points. However, he was not impressive in the other three rounds otherwise he could have finished among top 20.

Siddique finished just above Benjamin Burge (Australia), Hernandez Martinez (Nicaragua) and Saso Mestorov (Macedonia).

Abhinav Bindra of India, who finished fourth in the qualification rounds, produced a perfect targeting performance to grab the gold in the finals to create history for his country.—APP