Manavjit wins silver in individual trap event

Doha, Dec 3 (UNI) World champion Manavjit Singh Sandhu faltered in the closing stages and had to be content with a silver in the men's trap event of the Asian Games here today.

Sandhu's score of 130 (113+17) was five points adrift of the gold medallist Naser Meqlad of Kuwait who scored of 135 (114+19).

Sandhu, who was jointly leading in the early stages of the finals, lost concentration and missed a few targets towards the end which pushed him down to the second place.

The bronze in the event was won by Almudhaf Khaled also of Kuwait with a score of 128 (108+20).

Another Indian Anwer Sultan finished sixth with a score of 122 (110+12) in the finals. Sultan just could not find his rythm and shot only 12 out of 25 targets.

The third Indian in the fray Mansher Singh finished 22nd with a score of 99.

This is the second silver for India in the men's trap event after the trio of Manavjit, Sultan and Mansher finished second in the team event.

India had earlier won two bronze in the men's and women's 10m rifle team events.

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