Despite good efforts in the preliminary round, Indian rifle and pistol shooters were unable to strike a medal in the finals of the Milan World Cup, which was the last of the four competition series.
Thus, Indian contingent couldn’t add to their medal tally of five won from previous three editions.
But what was heartening that as many as three shooters reached the finals in their respective events, and equal number narrowly missed the final berths.
It was a close contest for air rifle shooter Suma Shirur who holds the world record of 400/400. Going by her performance in the preliminary round (398), she entered the finals with an air of confidence. But in the final, minuscule error cost her a podium finish and she eventually finished fifth (499.7).
Similarly, pistol shooter Omkar Singh also made it to the finals of the men’s air pistol event by scoring 581, but poor show in the final 10 shots (94.6) put paid to his aspiration to corner glory in the global competition.
In the same event, Gurpreet Singh also shot 581, but he was pitted in the MQS category. Samresh Jung failed to catch up with his rivals, scoring 569, he finished down the ladder. The performance by his own standard was not-so-encouraging.
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