Australian shooters Laetisha Scanlan and Penny Smith are both well placed to advance to the women's trap final at the Tokyo Olympics, having started qualifying with a bang.
Scanlan is fifth on the leaderboard after hitting 73 of 75 targets across Wednesday's three rounds, while sixth-placed Smith closed with a faultless round while bringing down a total of 72 targets.
The Victorians will return to the Asaka range for a further two qualification rounds on Thursday morning, with the top six competitors then advancing to an afternoon final.
Scanlan and Smith were picked for these Games ahead of Rio 2016 gold medallist Catherine Skinner, underlining Australia's depth in the event.
Smith is shooting at her first Olympics, while Scanlan finished fifth at the Rio Games.
Slovak Zuzana Rehak-Stefecekova tops the standings in Tokyo after failing to miss a single target.
