New Delhi: Indian shooters' disappointing show in the ISSF World Cup in Fort Benning, USA continued as all the participants in the 10-metre Air Pistol men's event crashed out in the qualifying round, with Jitu Rai narrowly missing the final cut. Rai finished 11th with a total score of 579 while Amanpreet Singh finished 17th after shooting 576 over six series.
Prakash Nanjappa, who had emerged as India's latest success story in shooting with a bronze medal in the pistol event of the ISSF World Cup in Changwon, South Korea last month, this time had to be contend with a 19th place finish after aggregating 575.
Gagan Narang missed out on the finals by fraction of a point in the men's air rifle event in the ISSF World Cup in Fort Benning, Georgia, in the US on Monday. Gagan Narang on Monday missed out on the finals by a whisker in the men's air rifle event.
The London Olympics bronze medallist shot 621.5 to finish 13th at the end of qualifying rounds at the US Army Marksmanship Unit shooting range in Columbus....
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11:59 PM, May 07, 2013
New Delhi: India's pistol shooters competing in the ISSF World Cup in Fort Benning, USA, will be without the services of coach Sayed Wajid Ali as he has been denied visa to travel for the May 4-13 tournament. The National Rifle Association of India (NRAI) said the US embassy is yet to give a reason for denying the government core-group coach visa. "He has been denied visa, though we don't...
03:48 PM, May 06, 2013
New Delhi: Shooter Sanjeev Rajput narrowly missed out on qualification for the finals of the men's 50-metre Rifle 3 Position event after finishing 10th at the ISSF World Cup in Changwon, Korea today. Rajput finished 10th after scoring a total of 1144 in the three sections - kneeling, prone and standing. Only the top-8 are entitled to compete in the medal round. Surendra Singh Rathod was placed 17th after he...
02:37 PM, Apr 09, 2013
New Delhi: 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 today. The other two Indians participating in the event, Pemba Tamang and Harpreet Singh, too failed to qualify for the medal round. While Vijay was placed a disappointing 18th in the qualification...
03:54 PM, Apr 08, 2013
London: In a shocking incident, the Indian shooting contingent, which is currently in London for the ISSF World Cup, was denied entry into a hotel here on Saturday night that left the players without any accommodation. The hotel authorities asked the rifle and pistol team, which included India's Olympic hopefuls Gagan Narang and Ronjan Sodhi, to leave despite a confirmed room booking at the Grange St Paul hotel, after the...
08:57 AM, Apr 30, 2012
The Indian shooters have alleged that they were harassed by the organisers at ISSF World Cup in Dorset. ...
12:55 PM, May 16, 2010
The Indian shooters have alleged that they were harassed by the organisers at ISSF World Cup in Dorset. ...
11:36 AM, May 16, 2010
Ace Indian pistol shooter Samresh Jung sealed an Olympic quota place after finishing fourth at the ISSF World Cup. ...
10:04 PM, May 30, 2007
