ISSF World C’ships Shotgun
Athens, Oct 15: India’s trap shooting stalwart Zoravar Sandhu produced a steady performance to end day one of qualification placed fifth in the ISSF World Championships Shotgun, here on Wednesday.
The 48-year-old Zoravar shot rounds of 24 and 25 to aggregate 49, in a strong field of 133 athletes at the Malakasa Shooting Range.
As many as 13 other shooters aggregated 49 on the opening day of qualification but Zorawar was placed fifth because of better countback score.
Croatia’s Anton Glasnovic and Toufik El Hamri of Morocco are leading the qualification with perfect 50 scores.
Among the other Indians, Vivaan Kapoor and Bhowneesh Mendiratta hit perfect 25s in the second round to end the day with 48 and 47 hits respectively.
Vivaan shot 23 and 25 in his two rounds, while Bhowneesh recorded 22 and 25, to stand (17th) and (40th) respectively. (PTI)
