Rajput finishes fifth in Shooting World Cup

March 31, 2014 10:59 pm | Updated May 19, 2016 12:43 pm IST - NEW DELHI:

Olympian Sanjeev Rajput made the final of the men’s 50m free rifle 3-position event in the shooting World Cup in Fort Benning, USA.

Though the 33-year-old placed fifth — his score of 422.0 was 0.8 off Dane Stefan Olsen’s score — he had the satisfaction of finishing ahead of two Olympic champions Matthew Emmons of the US and Zhu Qinan of China.

Sanjeev had shot 1166 in the qualification phase with 393 in kneeling, 398 in prone and 375 in standing positions. He wound up the knock-out final with a 10.8, which had proved inadequate to keep him in contention. Niccolo Campriani of Italy, who had qualified with 1167, emerged the champion with a score of 453.4. The results: Men: 50m rifle 3P: 1. Niccolo Campriani (Ita) 453.4 (1167); 2. Kang Hongwei (Chn) 452.0 (1167); 3. Nazar Louginets (Rus) 443.1 (1177); 5. Sanjeev Rajput 422.0 (1166); 33. Surendra Sinh Rathod 1151; 42. Satyendra singh 1144. MQS: Gagan Narang 1163; Chain Singh 1158.

Women: 25m sports pistol: 1. Heidi Diethelm Gerber (Sui) 8 (18) 584; 2. Nino Salukvadze (Geo) 4 (17)5 (581); 3. Zhang Jingjing (Chn) 7 (16) 585; 4. Antoaneta Boneva (Bul) 1 (17) 4 (584); 9. Anisa Sayyed 579; 12. Rahi Sarnobat 578; 18. Annu Raj Singh 574. MQS: Heena Sidhu 566.

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