Ganemat Sekhon finishes sixth in women's skeet; men disappoint in shooting World Cup

TOI Sports Desk / TIMESOFINDIA.COM / Jun 17, 2024, 22:23 IST

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Ace Indian shooter Ganemat Sekhon secured a spot in the women's skeet final but ended up in sixth place at the ISSF Shotgun World Cup in Lonato, Italy. Unfortunately, none of the Indian male shooters qualified for the final round. Ganemat hit only 16 out of the first 20 targets, in the 60-shot final, resulting in her early elimination. The gold medal was claimed by Diana Bacosi, the Rio Olympic champion, who achieved an impressive 57 hits.

Ganemat Sekhon finishes sixth in women's skeet; men disappoint in shooting World Cup

Ganemat Sekhon. (NRAI Photo)

NEW DELHI: Ace Indian shooter Ganemat Sekhon secured a spot in the women's skeet final but ended up in sixth place at the ISSF Shotgun World Cup in Lonato, Italy. Unfortunately, none of the Indian male shooters qualified for the final round.
According to PTI, Ganemat hit only 16 out of the first 20 targets, in the 60-shot final, resulting in her early elimination.The gold medal was claimed by Diana Bacosi, the Rio Olympic champion, who achieved an impressive 57 hits.
Prior to the final, Ganemat had an outstanding performance in the qualification rounds, shooting a perfect 25 in her fifth and final round, totaling 120 over all five rounds.
She found herself tied with three other shooters for the last three qualification spots, but after a shoot-off, Ganemat secured the sixth spot by shooting the first three targets, edging out Peru's Daniella Borda.

Ganemat started the final strongly, hitting all four targets on the first station alongside USA's Dania Jo Vizzi and Diana.
Despite being the 2021 World Cup skeet medal winner, Ganemat's seven out of the first 10 hits after qualifying sixth were not sufficient for her to advance further in the competition, even though she missed only one of her next 10 targets.
Among the other Indian women in the skeet event, Maheshwari Chauhan finished 30th with a score of 114, while Raiza Dhillon placed 39th with 111.
In the men's skeet competition, Sheeraz Sheikh and Anantjeet Singh Naruka both shot 120, finishing 30th and 31st respectively, and Mairaj Ahmad Khan ended up in 79th place with a score of 113.

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