April 4, 2013 8:01 PM

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ISSF Changwon World Cup: Indian shooting team's campaign starts on disappointing note

The Indian shooting team's campaign in the ISSF Changwon World Cup in Korea started on a disappointing note today. On the first day of the event in Changwon today, all their shooters, including Olympic gold medallist Abhinav Bindra, failed to make a mark. Competing in the men's 10-metre air rifle event, Beijing Games gold medal winner Bindra, London Olympian Sanjeep Rajput and Chain Singh — all failed to qualify for the finals. Bindra finished 15th, Sanjeep finished 19th and Chain Singh ended as 25th. In the 50-metre pistol men, Prakash Nanjappa just about managed a top-eight finish with a total score of 71.5. Jitu Rai (ranked 13th) and Om Prakash (27) failed to nclear the qualifying hurdle. In men's 10-metre air rifle, Bindra had a total of 619.9, Rajput totalled 618.2, while Chain Singh managed 616.2. China's Wang Tao won the gold medal with a score of 206.8 in the elimination round. Israel's Sergey Richter bagged the silver after shooting 205.6 and the bronze went to Hungary's Peter Sidi, who scored 182.2. In the 50-metre pistol event, China's Wang Zhiwei clinched the gold after shooting 192.1. 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.

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