Elena Little missed out on a place in the women’s skeet final following Thursday morning’s qualification round at the shooting range.

Moscow-born Little was 14th out of the qualifying field with 66, a score not enough to see her through to Thursday afternoon’s final. Italian Chiara Cainero lead the qualifying pool with 72.

Little was philosophical in reviewing her performance:

“It went quite well in that mentally I was very strong, but technical conditions didn’t go my way and luck wasn’t on my side," she said.

“I felt I tried the best I could, and made one mistake which cost me two targets. The weather conditions weren’t ideal, and the light got worse.

“However I’m disappointed with my score but not my performance – when it’s not your day it’s not your day.”