Indian shooters' medal-less run in the ISSF World Cup continued on Thursday with Divyansh Singh Panwar, Umamahesh Maddineni and Rahi Sarnabot bowing out in the qualifications.
Italy's Danilo Sollazzo, who finished second behind India's Rudrankksh Patil in the Cairo World Championship in 2022 and was fifth in the Paris Olympics last year, shattered the men's 10m air rifle finals world record on day three of the rifle/pistol competition. Danilo shot 255.0 in the men's air rifle final to relegate the home favourite, reigning Olympic champion and the very man whose record he broke, Sheng Lihao, to silver. He shattered the record by 0.5 points. Sheng shot 253.5 in the final, while Korean Park Haijun won bronze.
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Indian shooters, despite some good performances, are still searching for a place in the final in the tournament. India's former World Number 1 Divyansh shot 630.0 in qualification to finish 19th. Sweden's Paris silver medallist Victor Lindgren took the final qualifying spot with 632.3. Umamahesh finished 39th overall with 627.7, while Niraj Kumar was 54th with 626.1.
In the first final of the day, Korea's pair of reigning women's pistol Olympic champions Yang Jiin and Oh Yejin dominated with Yang taking gold in the 25m pistol, the event she won in Paris, and compatriot Oh winning the silver ahead of China's Xiao Jiaruixuan.
Earlier, Abhidnya Ashok Patil of India had shot a brilliant 295 in the second rapid-fire qualification round to total 583 and finish 11th overall. Korean Nam Dajung, who took the eighth and final qualifying spot, also shot 583 as did France's Paris silver medallist Camille Jedrzejewski, but the Korean went through with three shots more than the Indian in the inner 10 ring. Divya TS shot a 290 in rapid-fire to end 16th with a total of 581, while Olympian and former Asian Games champion Sarnobat was a spot behind on the same score.
China are leading the medal tally with two gold medals, followed by Norway, Italy and Korea. Day four of the competition on Friday has just one final, the women's 50m rifle 3 positions (3P), where Indian hopes of a medal will rest on Mehuli Ghosh, Surabhi Rapole and Manini Kaushik.
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