Shooter Vijay Kumar had a stuttering start to his Olympic campaign as he failed to qualify for the men's 10 metre Air Pistol finals after finishing a lowly 31st on Saturday tallied 570 after shooting a sequence of 94 95 94 97 97 93 at the Royal Artillery Barracks. In all, 44 shooters competed for the top eight places.Vijay Kumar will now have to wait till August 2, when he competes in his pet event — 25 metres Rapid Fire Pistol, to see if he can win a medal at the Games.The 27-year-old Army shooter's performance was a far cry from his exploits in the 2010 Delhi Commonwealth Games and the Guangzhou Asian Games where he won three gold, one silver and two bronze medals.South Korea's Jin Jongoh topped the qualifier with a total score of 588 while China's Pang Wei came second after scoring 586.Servia's Zlatic Andrija and Carrera Pablo of Spain were tied for the third place after both shot 585.