Darshna Rathore was the best Indian on show as teammate Ganemat Sekhon shot 69 to be placed ninth among contenders currently and Maheshwari Chauhan was lying further back, having shot 67
The tournament in Almaty is the penultimate stage of the ISSF World Cup for shotgun shooters. The final stage will take place in Lonato, Italy, before the ISSF World Championships in Doha in November.
Prithviraj Tondaiman, who won his first-ever individual medal at the Doha World Cup earlier in the year, shot a perfect 25 in the fifth and final qualification round on Thursday to total 119 after five rounds. That took him to a four-way shoot-off for three remaining top eight spots, but he
India had entered two pairs in the event. While Lakshay Sheoran and Manisha Keer shot 132 to finish 13th in the 23-team detail, Bakhtyauddin Malek and Sabeera Haris were 20th with a score of 122.
The pair of Angad Vir Singh Bajwa and Areeba Khan shot a combined 131 out of 150 to finish 16th as the best Indian pair in the International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF) World Cup Shotgun, currently underway in Larnaca, Cyprus.
Raiza Dhillon was the best Indian finisher overall, shooting a score of 114 for a 16th-place finish in the women's skeet. London Olympics bronze medallist and six-time European champion Danka Bartekova of Slovakia won gold in the event
Raiza Dhillon, competing in the women's skeet, was in the 14th spot after three rounds of qualification and will be aiming to finish among the top eight with 50 targets coming up on Tuesday before the final rounds begin on the same day
New Delhi [India], March 20 (ANI): Shooter Divyansh Singh Panwar was nervous ahead of the International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF) World Cup final but with his coach's help, the world number one opened India's account in the medal tally on Saturday.
New Delhi [India], March 20 (ANI): Indian shooter Divyansh Singh Panwar clinched the bronze medal in 10m Air Rifle (men's category) in the ongoing International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF) World Cup here at the Dr Karni Singh Shooting range (DKSSR) on Saturday.
New Delhi [India], March 20 (ANI): Two Indian shooters and an international shooter have tested positive for coronavirus sending shock waves in the ongoing International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF) World Cup Rifle/Pistol/Shotgun which began at the Dr Karni Singh Shooting range (DKSSR) o