NEW DELHI: It was once an afternoon of fine margins at the ISSF World Cup. Hungarian rifle legend Peter Sidi overlooked the boys's 10m Air Rifle final through zero.1 level. It confirmed the standard of the sector that was once in the fray for the three medals and two Olympic quotas on be offering. In the top, the reigning international champion from Russia, Sergey Kamenskiy (249.4), pipped everyone to gold in the eight-man final, which disappointingly had no Indian.
There have been 3 home shooters in the two qualification relays -- Ravi Kumar, Deepak Kumar and Divyansh Panwar. But none of them may just end a number of the most sensible 8 who stepped forward to the one medal match at the Dr Karni Singh Shooting Range on Monday.
The podium finishes in the meantime, at the back of the gold medallist Kamenskiy, belonged to Chinese duo of Yukun Liu and Zicheng Hui, respectively. But since Kamenskiy and Hui had already secured an Olympic quota coming into this World Cup, the two Tokyo 2020 berths have been claimed through Liu and fourth-place finisher from Austria, Martin Strempfl.
Ravi (627.zero) and senior global debutant Panwar (627.2) came just about destroy into the qualifying bracket, while Deepak Kumar (624.three) struggled with an damage.
Earlier in the tournament, India men drew a blank in the 50m Rifle three Positions match as well. While Parul Kumar and Sanjeev Rajput went out of the race to final in the qualification spherical, Chain Singh couldn’t go past the removal section.
It’s Apurvi Chandela’s gold that has carried the flag of India’s rifle shooters here, but since she had already secured an Olympic quota in women’s 10m Air Rifle, the rustic still awaits its first rifle quota from this World Cup.
Chandela and Anjum Moudgil had gained two rifle quotas for India closing year.
"I missed my last (World Cup) final in Munich by 0.2 points," Ravi recalled as he dragged his rifle case again into the armory at the range.
"I could have done a little better but couldn't, will work on it. It's sport, there are ups and downs. We can't call it a very bad performance but not too good either. You see 630 (630.1) was at the top (in qualifying) and 628 (628.4 - 8th place) was in the final," he explained.
India's next probability to claim a quota position in the match can be at the World Cup in Beijing later this year.
London Olympics bronze medallist and eight-time Commonwealth Games gold medallist, Gagan Narang, agreed with Ravi's research.
"I wouldn't say it was disappointing, it is progressive. The scores are not bad. Ravi, after disaster in the second (103.3) and third (103.8) series, getting 627 is good," mentioned Narang talking to Timesofindia.com.
He was once particularly happy with the 16-year-old Panwar, capturing in his first senior World Cup. He also registered his career-best collection of 106.9 on Monday.
"You have to give it to the kid, he has just come into the seniors (level). His performance was very encouraging," mentioned India's rifle nice, who also gained a bronze medal at the 2010 international championships.
"I think the younger generation is highly motivated and want to make a mark. They have nothing to lose and are quite well equipped. Every sport has its own legacy and it takes time to build legacies," Narang added.
Deepak was once probably the most unlucky of the three Indian shooters competing as he needed to fight a leg damage.
"I had this injury at the back of my right knee. Because of that, I had to shift all the pressure on the other leg," he mentioned.
He has had scans carried out and is looking ahead to the effects to understand the exact nature of his damage.
On the women's side of rifle capturing, senior-team debutant Sunidhi Chauhan (1168) and Gaayathri Nithyanadam (1166) stepped forward to the qualification section of girls's 50m Rifle three Positions match.
The qualification spherical and final can be hung on Tuesday.
However, seasoned campaigner Tejaswini Sawant could not hit the target as she would have liked, bowing out of competition with a rating of 1146.
India's 3 other young weapons -- Adarsh Singh, Anish Bhanwala and Arpit Goel -- have been also noticed in action in Qualification Stage 1 of the boys's 25m Rapid Fire Pistol.
At the top of it, 2018 CWG gold-medallist Anish Bhanwala stood 3rd with a rating of 294. Making their global debut, Singh and Goel notched up ratings of 289 and 288 respectively.
The match doesn’t include any Olympic quotas after the International Olympic Committee revoked the two quotas following India’s failure to offer visas to the Pakistan capturing group.
Stage 2 of the qualification spherical and the general are scheduled for Tuesday, when superstar attractions Manu Bhaker and Heena Sidhu can also be noticed in action in women's 10m Air Pistol.
There have been 3 home shooters in the two qualification relays -- Ravi Kumar, Deepak Kumar and Divyansh Panwar. But none of them may just end a number of the most sensible 8 who stepped forward to the one medal match at the Dr Karni Singh Shooting Range on Monday.
The podium finishes in the meantime, at the back of the gold medallist Kamenskiy, belonged to Chinese duo of Yukun Liu and Zicheng Hui, respectively. But since Kamenskiy and Hui had already secured an Olympic quota coming into this World Cup, the two Tokyo 2020 berths have been claimed through Liu and fourth-place finisher from Austria, Martin Strempfl.
Ravi (627.zero) and senior global debutant Panwar (627.2) came just about destroy into the qualifying bracket, while Deepak Kumar (624.three) struggled with an damage.
Earlier in the tournament, India men drew a blank in the 50m Rifle three Positions match as well. While Parul Kumar and Sanjeev Rajput went out of the race to final in the qualification spherical, Chain Singh couldn’t go past the removal section.
It’s Apurvi Chandela’s gold that has carried the flag of India’s rifle shooters here, but since she had already secured an Olympic quota in women’s 10m Air Rifle, the rustic still awaits its first rifle quota from this World Cup.
Chandela and Anjum Moudgil had gained two rifle quotas for India closing year.
"I missed my last (World Cup) final in Munich by 0.2 points," Ravi recalled as he dragged his rifle case again into the armory at the range.
"I could have done a little better but couldn't, will work on it. It's sport, there are ups and downs. We can't call it a very bad performance but not too good either. You see 630 (630.1) was at the top (in qualifying) and 628 (628.4 - 8th place) was in the final," he explained.
India's next probability to claim a quota position in the match can be at the World Cup in Beijing later this year.
London Olympics bronze medallist and eight-time Commonwealth Games gold medallist, Gagan Narang, agreed with Ravi's research.
"I wouldn't say it was disappointing, it is progressive. The scores are not bad. Ravi, after disaster in the second (103.3) and third (103.8) series, getting 627 is good," mentioned Narang talking to Timesofindia.com.
He was once particularly happy with the 16-year-old Panwar, capturing in his first senior World Cup. He also registered his career-best collection of 106.9 on Monday.
"You have to give it to the kid, he has just come into the seniors (level). His performance was very encouraging," mentioned India's rifle nice, who also gained a bronze medal at the 2010 international championships.
"I think the younger generation is highly motivated and want to make a mark. They have nothing to lose and are quite well equipped. Every sport has its own legacy and it takes time to build legacies," Narang added.
Deepak was once probably the most unlucky of the three Indian shooters competing as he needed to fight a leg damage.
"I had this injury at the back of my right knee. Because of that, I had to shift all the pressure on the other leg," he mentioned.
He has had scans carried out and is looking ahead to the effects to understand the exact nature of his damage.
On the women's side of rifle capturing, senior-team debutant Sunidhi Chauhan (1168) and Gaayathri Nithyanadam (1166) stepped forward to the qualification section of girls's 50m Rifle three Positions match.
The qualification spherical and final can be hung on Tuesday.
However, seasoned campaigner Tejaswini Sawant could not hit the target as she would have liked, bowing out of competition with a rating of 1146.
India's 3 other young weapons -- Adarsh Singh, Anish Bhanwala and Arpit Goel -- have been also noticed in action in Qualification Stage 1 of the boys's 25m Rapid Fire Pistol.
At the top of it, 2018 CWG gold-medallist Anish Bhanwala stood 3rd with a rating of 294. Making their global debut, Singh and Goel notched up ratings of 289 and 288 respectively.
The match doesn’t include any Olympic quotas after the International Olympic Committee revoked the two quotas following India’s failure to offer visas to the Pakistan capturing group.
Stage 2 of the qualification spherical and the general are scheduled for Tuesday, when superstar attractions Manu Bhaker and Heena Sidhu can also be noticed in action in women's 10m Air Pistol.
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