ISSF Munich World Cup: Manu Bhaker finishes sixth in women's 25m pistol final
Double Olympic medallist Manu Bhaker qualified with a high score of 588, but ended up sixth in the 25-metre sports pistol event in the shooting World Cup in Munich, Germany, on Wednesday.
Manu missed the chance to move further in the final as she lost by one point to the eventual bronze medallist Yang Jiin of Korea.
It was a hat-trick of gold medals for the 20-year-old Sun Yujie of China as she beat Oh Yejin of Korea 38-36. Sun had won the gold medals in the last two World Cups in Buenos Aires and Lima.
In the men's 50-metre rifle 3-position event, Olympian Chain Singh made the final with an impressive score of 592 but eventually placed seventh.
Jon-Hermann Hegg of Norway won gold, which put the team in second place on the medals table, behind China, which has won the other three gold medals so far.
In the men's air pistol on Tuesday, Varun Tomar had made the final but finished sixth. Thus, India has only the bronze medal so far, won by Elavenil Valarivan in women's air rifle.
RESULTS
10m air pistol: Men: 1. Hu Kai (Chn) 242.3 (588); 2. Valeriy Rakhimzhan (Kaz) 41.9 (583); 3. Christian Reitz (Ger) 220.8 (584); 6. Varun Tomar 160.3 (585); 12. Nishant Rawat 582; 30. Aditya Malra 578; RPO: Sarabjot Singh 583; Arjun Singh Cheema 579.
25m sports pistol: Women: 1. Sun Yuje (Chn) 38 (586); 2. Oh Yejin (Kor) 36 (588); 3. Yang Jin (Kor) 32 (586); 6. Manu Bhaker 20 (588); 11. Esha Singh 585; 32. Simranpreet Kaur Brar 577; RPO: TS Divya 580; Rahi Sarnobat 576.
50m rifle 3-position: Men: 1. Jon-Hermann Hegg (Nor) 464.1 (592); 2. Ilia Marsov (AIN) 462.0 (592); 3. Jiri Privratsky (Cze) 452.0 (593); 7. Chain Singh 407.0 (592); 38. Swapnil Kusale 587; 67. Kiran Jadhav 580; RPO: Niraj Kumar 591; Akhil Sheoran 589.
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