Shooting
Then 38 year-old sharpshooter Roger Daniel, a two-time Olympian (participating in the men's air pistol 10 meters and the men's free pistol 50 meters at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens) and participant in the Trinidad and Tobago Defence Force, represented Trinidad and Tobago as its only shooter in Beijing by taking part in the men's air pistol 10 meters. In the first round, Daniel scored 98 points; in the second round, 95; in the third, 92; in the fourth, 94; in the fifth, 96; and the sixth and final, 96. Daniel tied four other athletes for the third greatest number of points in the first round, and received least number of points in the third round of any participating athlete. Overall, during the August 9 course of events, Daniel earned 571 points, ranking 37th out of the 49 participating athletes. The gold medalist in the event, China's Pang Wei, received 688.2 points, while the last place finalist Edirisinghe Senanyake of Sri Lanka received 561 points.
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| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Final | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Points | Rank | Points | Rank | ||
| Roger Daniel | 10 m air pistol | 571 | 37 | Did not advance | |
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