<p> London Olympic silver medallist Vijay Kumar could not live up to the billing as he failed to qualify for the finals of the 25-metre rapid fire pistol event at the ISSF World Cup in Changwon, Korea, on Monday.<br /><br /></p>.<p>The other two Indians in the event, Pemba Tamang and Harpreet Singh, too failed to qualify for the medal round.<br /><br />While Vijay was placed 18th in the qualification stage, Tamang and Harpreet did a shade better, finishing 13th and 16th respectively.<br /><br />Vijay shot 278 in stage 1 and 286 in stage 2 for a total of 564.<br />Pemba totalled 569 after scoring 280 and 289 in the two stages. Harpreet had a cumulative score of 566 after shooting 280 and 286.<br /><br />Germany’s Christian Reitz clinched the gold medal while the silver went to Yuehong Li of China. Russia’s Leonid Ekimov bagged the bronze medal after prevailing over countryman Alexander Alifirenko in a shoot-off.</p>
<p> London Olympic silver medallist Vijay Kumar could not live up to the billing as he failed to qualify for the finals of the 25-metre rapid fire pistol event at the ISSF World Cup in Changwon, Korea, on Monday.<br /><br /></p>.<p>The other two Indians in the event, Pemba Tamang and Harpreet Singh, too failed to qualify for the medal round.<br /><br />While Vijay was placed 18th in the qualification stage, Tamang and Harpreet did a shade better, finishing 13th and 16th respectively.<br /><br />Vijay shot 278 in stage 1 and 286 in stage 2 for a total of 564.<br />Pemba totalled 569 after scoring 280 and 289 in the two stages. Harpreet had a cumulative score of 566 after shooting 280 and 286.<br /><br />Germany’s Christian Reitz clinched the gold medal while the silver went to Yuehong Li of China. Russia’s Leonid Ekimov bagged the bronze medal after prevailing over countryman Alexander Alifirenko in a shoot-off.</p>