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The second day of action continued on at the ISSF World Cup Finals in the city of Putian in China with three Indian shooters - Anish Bhanwala, Manu Bhaker and Rahi Sarnobat competing in the 25-metre air pistol events.
All three of these shooters were considered to be medal hopefuls owing to their talent and form coming into the ISSF World Cup Finals. However, all of them faced exits from their events, failing to make it past the qualification round into the final eight positions.
The day's events began with the two women shooters - Manu Bhaker and Rahi Sarnobat competing in the Women's 25-metre air pistol event.
Manu Bhaker began on a strong note shooting a score of 292 (97, 99, 96) in the precision stage whereas her fellow compatriot Rahi Sarnobat could only manage a score of 283 (97, 92, 94). In the rapid stage, Bhaker scored 291 (98, 96, 97) to take her total to a respectable 583.
On the other hand, Sarnobat, the Asian Games gold medal- garnered a score of 286 (88, 99, 99) to finish with a total of 569 and end up on the bottom spot on the qualification standings.
Manu Bhaker was tied with a score of 583 with German shooter Doreen Vennekamp and Australian shooter Elena Galiabovitch. The tie was broken with the higher number of inner 10s which saw the German Vennekamp go through as a result of 23 inner 10s as compared to Galiabovitch and Bhaker's 17 inner 10s.
After the action in the Women's 25-metre air pistol event came to an end, it was the Men's turn as the young Indian shooter Anish Bhanwala stepped up for the challenge in the Men's 25-metre rapid fire pistol event.
The World No.6 ranked shooter was a strong contender to take a podium spot in the event and began fairly well with a score of 292 (97, 99, 96) in Stage 1. However, his form dropped in Stage 2 of the event and he managed a score of 286 (97, 97, 92) to take his total to 578. He finished at the 10th spot in the qualification round as only six shooters moved on ahead to the medal round.
Thus, the second day of action turned out to be another disappointing outing after Day 1's dry run for Indian shooting. The hunt for the first medal for the country at the ISSF World Cup finals in China continues as the third day unravels in Putian tomorrow with ten Indian shooters in the fray for glory.
