The Indian shooting team'scampaign in the ISSF Changwon World Cup started on a sour notewith all the shooters, including Olympic gold medallistAbhinav Bindra, failing to make a mark on the first day of theevent in Changwon, Korea on Thursday.
Competing in the men's 10-metre air rifle event, BeijingGames gold medal winner Bindra, London Olympian Sanjeep Rajputand Chain Singh -- all failed to qualify for the finals afterfinishing 15th, 19th and 25th, respectively.
The result in the 50-metre pistol men was slightlybetter, with Prakash Nanjappa just about managing a top-eightfinish with a total score of 71.5.
Jitu Rai (ranked 13th) and Om Prakash (27) failed toclear the qualifying hurdle.
Rahi Sarnobat, Sushma Singh, Anisa Sayyed, Shreya Gawandeand Annu Raj Singh will look to produce a better show whenthey take to the range for the final of the 25-metre pistolevent tomorrow.
In men's 10-metre air rifle, Bindra shot 102.4 104.2101.2 104.9 103.2 104.0 for a total of 619.9. Rajput totalled618.2, while Chain Singh managed 616.2.
China's Wang Tao won the gold medal with a score of 206.8in the elimination round. Israel's Sergey Richter bagged thesilver after shooting 205.6 and the bronze went to Hungary'sPeter Sidi, who scored 182.2.
China's Wang Zhiwei clinched the gold in 50-metre pistolafter shooting 192.1. The silver went to Mai Jiajie, also fromChina, for scoring 191.2, while Japan's Tomoyuki Matsudasettled for the bronze with a score of 171.5.