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Women's shooting, Tokyo Olympics 2020 live: Seonaid McIntosh in closing stages of 50m rifle qualifying
Women's 3x50m rifle qualifying began at 4am BST, with world number one and Team GB's Seonaid McIntosh in action
Women's 3x50m rifle final is at 8am BST, should McIntosh qualify
The competitors have two hours and 45 minutes to make a total of 120 shots; 40 shots in the kneeling position, 40 in the prone position and 40 in the standing position
The top eight athletes from the qualification phase advance to the final match, where they can shoot up to 45 final shots
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05:01 AM120 minutes
120 minutes
McIntosh has completed all of her shots in both the kneeling and prone positions with an overall score of 781.
She's got 40 shots left from the standing position to secure her qualification for the final. She'll need to up her game though - she's sat in 15th place with an average score of 9.762.
The eighth and final qualification spot is currently occupied by India's Anjum Moudgil on 9.780, while the ROC's Zykova continues to dominate the top spot with an unfaltering 9.914 average.
04:34 AM95 minutes
95 minutes
McIntosh has completed 30 of her 40 shots from the prone position with scores of 99, 97 and 99 for each series of ten shots.
Her competitors have raised their game though, sending McIntosh sliding down the order to 18th position.
Yulla Zykova of the Russian Olympic Committee is currently in first with an exceptional average of 9.912.
04:24 AMThings that are wider than the 10-point target
- A bottlecap
- A belly button
- A two pence piece
- The width of your middle finger (probably)
04:15 AM75 minutes
Things that are wider than the 10-point target
- A bottlecap
- A belly button
- A two pence piece
- The width of your middle finger (probably)
04:15 AM75 minutes
75 minutes
McIntosh makes ten excellent shots in the prone position, scoring 99 out of a possible 100 points.
04:09 AM70 minutes
70 minutes
McIntosh has transitioned to the prone position, having completed her first 40 shots in the kneeling position. Her average score is edging ever higher, now at 9.780 which leaves her in 13th place and well within striking distance of the top eight qualifying spots.
04:01 AM60 minutes
60 minutes
McIntosh is taking her time to remain composed and ensure her shot percentage keeps climbing. Her average is up to 9.750, good enough for 18th at the moment, but she only has a total score of 390 having completed her 40 shots in the kneeling position. Meanwhile Snjezana Pejcic in first place has already amassed 788 points.
McIntosh said the heat caused her to fatigue in the 10m qualification event last week. Perhaps a steadier, more relaxed approach will help her stay on target as this qualification unfolds over the next two hours.
03:48 AM45 mins
45 mins
McIntosh is climbing the order, having made a series of good shots from the kneeling position. She's now in 12th place with two hours of qualification still to go.
03:36 AM30 mins
30 mins
The qualification shoot is now underway at the Asaka shooting range and Seonaid McIntosh is sat in 24th with an average score of 9.690. She has until 6:45am BST to make a total of 120 shots.
McIntosh crashed out of the 10m qualification round earlier in the tournament, but is among the favourites for this event.
Speaking about her performance in the 10m event, she said: "If you had asked me a year ago, I would have said this was a sighter for the 50m, but in the last year this event has got a lot better and I knew I was perfectly capable of winning a medal.'
01:22 AMGood morning!
Good morning!
Hello and welcome to Telegraph Sport's live coverage of today's women's 3x50m rifle event from Tokyo, where world number one and Team GB's Seonaid McIntosh is in action.
Having disappointed in her opening event of the Games, Seonaid McIntosh starts as favourite in the women's 3x50m rifle. And, later, fresh from his individual bronze medal, Matt Coward-Holley stands a chance of reaching the podium again as he teams up with Kirsty Hegarty in the mixed event.
Scottish shooter McIntosh missed out on a place in the women's 10 metre air rifle final at the Tokyo Olympics' opening medal event.
The 25-year-old Great Britain hopeful finished 12th of 50 starters, just 1.3 points off a top-eight spot that would have kept her medal chances alive.
But she returns to the Asaka Shooting Range today to contest her premier event - the 50 metre rifle three positions.
No British female shooter has won an Olympic medal, and Edinburgh-born McIntosh admitted that she "struggled a bit" with the early morning heat during more than an hour of competition.
With 60 shots to be fired, comprising six series of 10, her second half was stronger in terms of scoring, but a final shot of 9.3 points proved her lowest of the day.
McIntosh said: "I am mostly happy with how I fought through it.
"And while the last couple of shots weren't great, I am pleased with how I performed. I struggled a bit with fatigue and the heat.
"I just tried to focus on finding good shots and finishing the performance well. I didn't quite manage that, but I am really happy with the rest of the performance.
"If you had have asked me a year ago, I would have said this was a sighter for the 50m, but in the last year this event has got a lot better and I knew I was perfectly capable of winning a medal.
"I don't really know about next week. I need to process this first and know what to take forward.
"It's a very different event and it is about keeping that fight."
McIntosh has now emulated her sister Jennifer in competing at an Olympics and she will be among the medal favourites in her stronger discipline.
