Rathore goes off-target, finishes 6th in World Cup

New Delhi, May 9 (UNI) Olympic silver medallist and India's best bet Rajyavaradhan Singh Rathore could not reproduce his Athens form and finished sixth in the men's Double Trap event at the World Cup at Kerrville in the US.

Rathore shot a score of 179 (136+43) with a series of 47, 44 and 45 in the qualifications but could not improve on his ranking any further as he had the lowest final score of 43 among the top six finalists.

Among his compatriots, Vikram Bhatnagar finished 19th with a score of 131 (45, 45, 41) while Ronjan Sodhi finished 25th with 127 (40, 46, 41).

The Gold in this event was won by Vasiliy Mosin of Russia with a total of 189 (145+44), the Silver went to Hakan Dahlby (185+2) of Sweden while Richard Faulds (185+1) of Great Britain bagged the bronze.

Both Dahlby (139+46) and Faulds (137+48) had totalled 185 but in the end, it was the Swede shooter who had the last laugh in the final shoot-off.

World record holder Daniele Di Spigno of Italy finished just ahead of Rathore at the fifth spot with a score of 181 (137+44), according to information received here today.

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