Divya shot 28 in her third individual World Cup final to finish just outside the medals, while Gajanan bowed out with an effort of 187.5 in the men\u2019s air rifle final. Rhythm Sangwan also made the women\u2019s 25m pistol to finish seventh.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
China\u2019s Tokyo Olympics bronze medallist Xiao Jiaruixuan won gold in the event after two rounds of shoot-offs were needed to separate her from her teenage compatriot and debutant Kong Jieru. Both had tied with 39 hits after the regulation 10-series of five rapid-fire shots. Paris Olympics bronze medalist Camille Jedrzejewski edged out Divya for bronze and finished with 34 hits after the penultimate series.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Earlier, Rhythm was the stronger of the two Indians in the qualifying stage, shooting 586 for a fifth-place finish. Divya shot 585 to take the seventh qualifying spot ahead of Poland\u2019s Agata Nowak. World Cup Finals winner Simranpreet Kaur Brar finished 30th with a 575.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Gajanan Khandagale also had a brilliant debut after he stormed into the final in second place with an effort of 634.3 in qualification, which was just 0.2 behind Paris silver medalist Victor Lindgren of Sweden. <\/p>\r\n\r\n
Olympic and world champion Sheng Lihao of China, who eventually won gold, shot 633.6 to qualify in fourth. Arshdeep Singh was 21st with 629.5 while Dhanush Srikanth was 23rd with 629.2.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Gagan was one of six shooters to start the final in the 10-ring and shot valiantly in a high-class field to bow out after the 18th shot, just 0.1 behind Chinese youngster Ma Sihan, who took fourth place.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Aleksa Rakonjac of Serbia took silver and a first World Cup medal, as did Lindgen with his bronze, despite being a former world champion and an Olympic medalist.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Gagan was one of six shooters to start the final in the 10-ring and shot valiantly in a high-class field to bow out after the 18th shot, just 0.1 behind Chinese youngster Ma Sihan, who took fourth place.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Friday has the women\u2019s 3P final as the showpiece of the day, with the Indians making another attempt to add medals to their tally.<\/p>\r\n\r\n