<p>The Indian shooting team’s campaign in the ISSF Changwon World Cup started on a sour note with all the shooters, including Olympic gold medallist Abhinav Bindra, failing to make a mark on the first day of the event in Changwon, Korea on Thursday.<br /> <br /></p>.<p>Competing in the men’s 10M air rifle event, Beijing Games gold medal winner Bindra, London Olympian Sanjeep Rajput and Chain Singh — all failed to qualify for the finals after finishing 15th, 19th and 25th, respectively. <br /><br />The result in the 50-metre pistol men was slightly better, with Prakash Nanjappa just about managing a top-eight finish with a total score of 71.5. <br /><br />Jitu Rai (ranked 13th) and Om Prakash (27) failed to clear the qualifying hurdle. <br />Rahi Sarnobat, Sushma Singh, Anisa Sayyed, Shreya Gawande and Annu Raj Singh will look to produce a better show when they take to the range for the final of the 25-metre pistol event on Friday. <br /><br />In men’s 10-metre air rifle, Bindra shot 102.4 104.2 101.2 104.9 103.2 104.0 for a total of 619.9. <br /><br />Rajput totalled 618.2, while Chain Singh managed 616.2. <br /><br />China’s Wang Tao won the gold medal with a score of 206.8 in the elimination round after sailing ahead of his rivals.<br /><br />Israel’s Sergey Richter bagged the silver after shooting 205.6 and the bronze went to Hungary’s Peter Sidi, who scored 182.2. <br /><br />China’s Wang Zhiwei clinched the gold in 50-metre pistol after shooting 192.1.<br /> The silver went to Mai Jiajie, also from China, for scoring 191.2, while Japan’s Tomoyuki Matsuda settled for the bronze with a score of 171.5.</p>
<p>The Indian shooting team’s campaign in the ISSF Changwon World Cup started on a sour note with all the shooters, including Olympic gold medallist Abhinav Bindra, failing to make a mark on the first day of the event in Changwon, Korea on Thursday.<br /> <br /></p>.<p>Competing in the men’s 10M air rifle event, Beijing Games gold medal winner Bindra, London Olympian Sanjeep Rajput and Chain Singh — all failed to qualify for the finals after finishing 15th, 19th and 25th, respectively. <br /><br />The result in the 50-metre pistol men was slightly better, with Prakash Nanjappa just about managing a top-eight finish with a total score of 71.5. <br /><br />Jitu Rai (ranked 13th) and Om Prakash (27) failed to clear the qualifying hurdle. <br />Rahi Sarnobat, Sushma Singh, Anisa Sayyed, Shreya Gawande and Annu Raj Singh will look to produce a better show when they take to the range for the final of the 25-metre pistol event on Friday. <br /><br />In men’s 10-metre air rifle, Bindra shot 102.4 104.2 101.2 104.9 103.2 104.0 for a total of 619.9. <br /><br />Rajput totalled 618.2, while Chain Singh managed 616.2. <br /><br />China’s Wang Tao won the gold medal with a score of 206.8 in the elimination round after sailing ahead of his rivals.<br /><br />Israel’s Sergey Richter bagged the silver after shooting 205.6 and the bronze went to Hungary’s Peter Sidi, who scored 182.2. <br /><br />China’s Wang Zhiwei clinched the gold in 50-metre pistol after shooting 192.1.<br /> The silver went to Mai Jiajie, also from China, for scoring 191.2, while Japan’s Tomoyuki Matsuda settled for the bronze with a score of 171.5.</p>