ISSF World Cup: Manu Bhaker, Chain Singh reach finals but miss out on medals in Munich

Chain too maintained his excellent form this year, returning a 592 in qualification to qualify sixth in a top field. It was his second individual world cup final this year, after having won bronze in Buenos Aires.

The men’s 3P was the first final of competition day two and the Indian could not recover from a score of 49.5 for his first five shots in the first Kneeling position, bowing out at the 40-shot mark with a tally of 407.0.

The women’s final which followed, had both the reigning Paris pistol champions from Korea, besides two top Chinese shooters, including Sun Yujie, who had won both the golds in the event in Buenos Aires and Lima.

Manu started well and was in medal contention till the third series of five-shots, however a score of two-hits in the fourth, pegged her back. She fought hard, but could not finish beyond sixth, exiting after the sixth series with 20-hits to her name.

Sun completed her hattrick with a score of 38, ahead of the two Korean champions Oh Yejin and Yang Jiin.

India’s search for a second medal, after Elavenil Valarivan had won bronze in the women’s 10m air rifle on day one, continues on day three with the men’s 10m air rifle and the women’s 3P finals lined up.

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