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Mansher misses final berth

New Delhi: India’s Mansher Singh narrowly missed out on a berth in the finals of the men’s trap event in the ISSF World Cup at Cairo, Egypt after he finished the qualification series on a disappointing seventh position.

Mansher started the qualification series with a perfect round of 25 and followed it up with 23, 21, 23 and 23 to tie with another shooter on the same score of 115.

In the shoot off to decide the sixth and final qualification place for the finals, Mansher lost 8:9. World trap champion Manavjit Sandhu shot 111 (24, 19, 23, 22, 23) to finish 19th while Anwer Sultan finished 36th with a score of 105 (22, 23, 20, 19, 21) in a field of 71 shooters. In the MQS section, Zoravar Sandhu shot 108 (22, 23, 21, 20, 22) while Birendeep Sodhi shot 103 (19, 23, 21, 23, 17).

Hadden wins gold

The gold was won by Ryan Hadden of USA with a score of 139 (116+23).

In the women’s event, India’s Shagun Chowdhary finished 10th after shooting a score of 63 (21, 22, 20), Seema Tomar finished 20th with a score of 58 (20, 19, 19) while Varsha Tomar shot 50 (15, 15, 20) to finish 29th.

In the MQS section, Zoya Mehta shot 43 (17, 14, 12) while Reena Singh shot 39 (15, 10, 14).

The gold was won by Daniela Din Del of San Marino with a score of 89 (70+19). — PTI

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