Athens Olympics [Images] silver medallist Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore [Images] failed to make it to the final of the double trap shooting event at the Beijing [Images] Olympics on Tuesday.

Seen as a strong medal contender for India, Rathore shot a series of 43,45,43,131 to finish 12th among 19 shooters.

Struggling for form in the run-up to the Games, the army shooter's score of 131 was just not enough in a qualifying round that saw Italian Francesco D Aniello finish at the top of the heap with a total of 141.

Earlier, Samresh Jung's woeful form in the Olympics continued and he failed to make the 50m pistol final, finishing a disappointing 42nd in the qualification round on Tuesday.

Jung, a multiple gold medallist from the 2006 Commonwealth Games [Images], shot a series of 88,92,91,86,90,93 to average 9.0 that ruled him out of contention. He earlier missed the cut for the 10m air pistol event final.

Meanwhile, China's Zongliang Tan qualified first for the event, shooting a series of 96,94,93,96,90,96 to average 9.417.