Shooting World Cup Lima: Anish Bhanwala Misses Final By Two Points

Shooting World Cup Lima: Anish Bhanwala misses final by two points (Image Source: IANS)

International Shooting Sport Federation: Anish Bhanwala missed out by a couple of points on what would have been a fourth individual World Cup final in the men’s 25m rapid-fire pistol (RFP), finishing eighth overall at the Las Palmas range in Lima, Peru, on Good Friday.

He shot a total of 575 over two days as local hope Kevin Altamarino Farfan, took the sixth and final qualifying spot with a tally of 577. That was the only event on schedule on the fourth day of competition at the year’s second International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF) World Cup Rifle/Pistol/Shotgun.

Two other Indian Olympians in the fray, Gurpreet Singh (572 - 11th) and Vijayveer Sidhu (569 -14th), also could not make the title round.

Day five on Saturday has both the men’s and women’s 10m air rifle finals listed and promises to be a blockbuster with six Indians looking to increase their tally of two gold, one silver, and one bronze, won till now.

This is the second successive day that India missed a medal as Paris Olympian Raiza Dhillon made it to her first World Cup final, finishing a credible fifth in the Skeet women’s event.

Day five on Saturday has both the men’s and women’s 10m air rifle finals listed and promises to be a blockbuster with six Indians looking to increase their tally of two gold, one silver, and one bronze, won till now.

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