International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF) World Cup (Rifle/Pistol) was recently held at Munich's Olympic Shooting Centre. Ace Indian shooter Heena Sidhu missed out on an opportunity to qualify for the final round of the Women's 10m Air Pistol by a point.
Heena shot 384 out of 400 in the qualifying round to finish 12th out of 104 shooters in the eventual standings. The eighth finalist from Serbia,who eventually won the Gold, made it through with a score of 385 and had less inner 10s than Heena at Munich`s Olympic Shooting Centre.
The results: Men: 50m rifle 3-position: 1. Matthew Emmons (US) 464.1 (FWR) (1184); 2. Milenko Sebic (Srb) 460.1 (1183); 3. Gernot Rumpler (Aut) 448.0 (1178); 38. Chain Singh 1170. MQS: Swapnil Kusale 1172.
Women: 10m air pistol: 1. Bobana Velickovic (Srb) 199.7; 2. Sonia Franquet (Esp) 199.1; 3. Zhang Mengxue (Chn) 179.4; 12. Heena Sidhu 384; 47. Shweta Singh 378; 52. P. Shri Nivetha 377. MQS: Annu Raj Singh 380; Anisa Sayyed 369. — Sports Bureau