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Anjali finishes seventh

New Delhi: Anjali Bhagwat could not live up to the expectations and finished seventh in the women's 10m air rifle, while Gagan Narang was nowhere near his best and stood a poor 19th in the men's section in the ISSF World Cup in Milan.

Anjali, who has already secured a berth for the Beijing Olympics, aggregated 498.3 (396+102.3) with a series of 97, 100, 100 and 99 in the qualifications.

Tejaswini Sawant finished 10th with a score of 396 (99, 100, 98, 99), while Avneet Sidhu finished 28th with a score of 394 (99, 99, 98, 98).

The gold in this event went to the Athens Olympics gold medallist Du Li of China, who won with a score of 501.8 (399 + 102.8), while the silver was won by Lioubov Galkina of Russia with 501.7 (399 + 102.7).

Chinese shooter Yinghui Zhao won the bronze with 501.6 (399 + 102.6).

The Olympic quota place was won by Snjezana Pejcic of Croatia, who finished sixth.

In the minimum qualification score section, Suma Shirur shot 394 (99, 99, 99, 97), while Deepali Deshpande shot a score of 390 (98, 98, 96, 98).

Gagan, also assured of a Beijing berth, was far from impressive in the men's 10m air rifle event and shot a score of 593 with a poor series of 99, 98, 99, 98, 99 and 100.

Abhinav Bindra finished 42nd with a score of 589 (99, 98, 98, 98, 96, 100), while Imran Hasan Khan finished 64th with a score of 586 (96, 98, 99, 99, 97, 97).

Athens Olympic gold medallist Qinan Zhu of China won the gold in the event with a score of 700.3 (598+102.3), while silver and the Olympic quota places were won by Frank Koestel of Germany with a score of 699.1 (597 + 102.1). Thomas Farnik of Austria won the bronze with a score of 698.5 (598 + 100.5). — UNI

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