Maheshwari's tally of 118 was two below the joint sixth spot, while Abhay's 121 was even closer as Ireland's Jack Fairclough took the sixth and final qualifying spot with 122
Maheshwari, who will be taking part in the women's skeet event during the World Cup in Cyprus from Wednesday onwards, recently spoke to ANI about her win at Italian Grand Prix, how it serves as a practice for the World Cup and her debut at Paris Olympics last year.
The National Rifle Association of India (NRAI) had named a 12-member squad for the Nicosia World Cup back in February itself, including for both disciplines of Skeet and Trap. Skeet competitions, which will continue for three days, begin on Monday, where two Olympians, Mairaj Ahmad Khan in m
Arya Borse bowed out after the 18th shot of the 24-shot final, her score reading 188.1, just 0.1 behind silver-winning reigning world champion Han Jiayu of China, who was fourth at that stage
The Indian fell only to China's, probably the greatest of all time and reigning Olympic champion, Olympic and world record holder, Sheng Lihao, by the narrowest margin of 0.1
She eventually finished eighth, exiting after the 10th shot of the Standing Position round, the 40th of the 45-shot final. Sagen Maddalena of the USA, the Paris silver medalist, won gold.
Raiza Dhillon, a former junior world championship silver medalist and a bronze winner at the Asian Championships last year, shot a solid final for a debutant in an awe-inspiring field, bowing out at the 30-shot stage of the 60-shot decider, with 26-hits to her name
The pair made the gold medal match at the Las Palmas range with a combined 580 in qualification, with Suruchi outscoring Saurabh by a couple of points. The Chinese pair topped with 585
Saurabh Chaudhary added yet another World Cup medal to his kitty, winning bronze in the 10m air pistol men's event on competition day one of the year's second International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF) World Cup Rifle/Pistol/Shotgun stage, at the Las Palmas shooting range in Lima, Peru.