Olympian Mairaj Ahmad Khan and Raiza Dhillon were among two leading Indian shooters

Indian skeet shooters missed out on a spot in the finals in both the men and women event in International Shooting Sports Federation (ISSF) World Cup Shotgun at the Asanov Shooting Club in Almaty, Kazakhstan. Olympian Mairaj Ahmad Khan and Raiza Dhillon were among the leading Indian shooters.

 Seasoned skeet shooter Mairaj started day-two in 26^th place. His opening score was 71 out of 75. He shot 23 and 25 in the final two series to end the qualification stage in 18^th place with a total of 119.

Bhavtegh Singh Gill, who was competing for ranking points, was the second best Indian at the World Cup. His final score was 119 (24, 24, 23, 24, 24). He finished 20^th

Olympian Anantjeet Singh Naruka, started the fourth series with a perfect 25 and followed it up with a series of 23 to finish his first World Cup of the season in 38^th place with a final score of 117.

The third Indian in the fray, National Champion Gurjoat Singh Khangura finished in 54^th place with a score of 115 after shooting 22 and 23 in his final two series. Abhay Singh Sekhon, who was also competing for ranking points shot 23 and 20 in the fourth and fifth series for a total of 113 and finished in 71^st place. 

In the women’s event, Ganemat Sekhon who ended day one, just one place below the top eight managed 22 and 20 in her final two series to drop down to 33^rd place with a total score of 112.

Raiza Dhillon finished in the best place among the Indian athletes with a score of 115 (22, 23, 24, 23, 23) in 17^th place.

Parinaaz Dhaliwal finished one place above Ganemat in 32^nd place with a score of 112 after shooting 24 and 22 in the final two series.

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