ISSF Shotgun World Cup ALMATY: Former national champion and Khelo India Youth Games winner Darshna Rathore shot a 71 on day one of the women's skeet qualifications to lie third at the ISSF Shotgun World Cup in Almaty on Monday.

Greek Emmanouela Katzouraki was leading the field with a 72 after three rounds. They come back on Tuesday to complete the two final qualification rounds before the top eight move to the finals, also scheduled on the same day.Darshna was the best Indian on show as teammate Ganemat Sekhon shot 69 to be placed ninth among contenders and Maheshwari Chauhan was lying further back, having shot 67. In men's skeet, all shooters were unable to complete three rounds and Mairaj Ahmad Khan was one of them. He was lying 12th among contenders while still having 19 shots of his third round left.Gurjoat Khangura was lying 17th with 72 while Anantjeet Singh Naruka shot 70 to be in 31st position. The men's skeet finals are also scheduled for Tuesday.

NRAI electionn for post of president deferred: Meanwhile the National Rifle Association of India (NRAI) has postponed the process to elect its new president after "objections" raised by a state association. The elections were scheduled to be held on May 28 but following objections from the Uttar Pradesh State Rifle Association (UPSRA), the process has got delayed, NRAI secretarygeneral Sultan Singh said on Monday. The president's position had fallen vacant after Raninder Singh went on a "prolonged leave" following a Sports Ministry directive that heads of national sports federations (NSFs) cannot hold office for more than 12 years as per the National Sports Code.Raninder had completed 12 years as president -- from December 29, 2010 to Dec 29, 2022 -- and as per the code, he cannot not continue as NRAI chief any further.

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