Sports India

Jaspal Rana finished sixth in the 25-metre standard pistol with a 572 out of 600 in the World shooting championship on Wednesday.

Pistol prodigy Rana, who had shot into fame by winning the standard pistol gold in the junior event in 1994 with a junior world record, missed the medal by three points. He had scores of 192, 189 and 191 in the 150, 20 and 10 seconds series respectively.

The two other Indians in the fray Samaresh Jung (564) and Ronak Pandit (552) were unable to back Jaspal in the bid for a team medal and finished 26th and 50th respectively. The Indian team took the fifth place.

In the 10-metre air rifle junior women’s section, the Indian girls were unable to make an impact as Soudaminee Gavankar (391), Navdeep Dhillon (390) and Radhika Barale (388) took the 32nd, 36th and 57th spots respectively. The team finished eighth.

The results: 25m standard pistol: Men: 1. Liu Guohui (Chn) 577; 2. Jong Su Kim (Kor) 575; 3. Jakkrit Panichpatikum (Tha) 575; 6. Jaspal Rana 572; 26. Samaresh Jung 564; 50. Ronak Pandit 552. Team: 1. China 1715; 2. Russia 1711; 3. Ukraine 1706; 5. India 1688.

10m air rifle: Junior women: 1. Zhang Yi (Chn) 399; 2. Sena Lee (Kor) 397; 3. Yuriko Kaizuka (Jpn) 396; 32. Soudaminee Gavankar 391; 36. Navdeep Dhillon 390; 57. Radhika Barale 388. Team: 1. China 1183; 2. Korea 1179; 3. Germany 1178; 8. India 1169.