Anish misses final by two points

Khel Today Bureau

New Delhi: Anish Bhanwala, missed out on what would have been a fourth individual world cup final in the men’s 25m rapid-fire pistol (RFP), by a couple of points, finishing eighth overall, on Good Friday, at the Las Palmas range in Lima, Peru. He shot a total of 575 over two days as local hope Kevin Altamarino Farfan, took the sixth and final qualifying spot with a tally of 577.

That was the only event on schedule on the fourth day of competitions at the year’s second International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF) World Cup Rifle/Pistol/Shotgun.

Two other Indian Olympians in the fray, Gurpreet Singh (572-11th) and Vijayveer Sidhu (569-14th) also could not make the title round.

Day five on Saturday has both the men’s and women’s 10m air rifle finals listed and promises to be a blockbuster with six Indians looking to increase their tally of two gold, one silver and one bronze, won till now.