Sports News | ISSF World Cup Shotgun: Indian Skeet Shooters Bow out in Qualification
Get latest articles and stories on Sports at LatestLY. Raiza Dhillon was the best Indian finisher overall, shooting a score of 114 for a 16th-place finish in the women's skeet. London Olympics bronze medallist and six-time European champion Danka Bartekova of Slovakia won gold in the event
Larnaca [Cyprus], March 28 (ANI): Indian Skeet shooters bowed out at the qualification stage of both the women's and men's individual competition at the ongoing International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF) World Cup Shotgun Larnaca, Cyprus.
Raiza Dhillon was the best Indian finisher overall, shooting a score of 114 for a 16th-place finish in the women's skeet. London Olympics bronze medallist and six-time European champion Danka Bartekova of Slovakia won gold in the event.
Among the other Indian women in the fray, Parinaz Dhaliwal shot 108 for a 33rd-place finish while Areeba Khan was further back at 40th with a score of 105.
In the men's skeet, Angad Vir Singh Bajwa shot 116 to finish 33rd while Abhay Singh Sekhon was 74th with a tally of 108 hits. Man Singh shot 105 for an 86th-place finish.
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Four of them, the pair of Raiza and Man and Areeba and Angad, come back on Wednesday for the mixed team skeet competition. (ANI)
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