Md. Asab, Ankur Mittal and SangramDahiya Off Finals Mark in San Marino Shotgun World Cup

New Delhi, June 6, 2016: Indian shooters at the Men’s Double Trap event of the International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF) World Cup for Shotgun being held at San Marino, were off the mark to make it to the final rounds where only the top six qualify. A 14th place finish by Md. Asab being the best Indian performance of the day. Asab, shot a score of 134 out of a possible 150 in the qualification rounds. Ankur Mittal placed 22nd after shooting 132 while SangramDahiya, the third Indian in the fray shot 131 to finish 28th.

Today was the third day of competition and three finals have been scheduled thus far. After today there are two more finals spread over two more days of competition where medals for the Men’s and Women’s Skeet shooting competition will be decided. Indian interests will lie with Man Singh, Smit Singh and Sheeraz Sheikh in the Men’s Skeet while Maheshwari Chauhan and RashmeeRathore will represent India in the Women’s event.