Chain Singh fell short of the Olympic qualification standard in the men’s rifle 3-position event in the shooting World Cup that concluded in Munich, Germany, on Monday.
The 26-year-old Army marksman shot 1174 and placed 10th, as he missed the final by one point.
Chain had shot a series of 393 in kneeling, 398 in prone and 383 in the standing position. Olympic medallist Gagan Narang, who has won the Olympic quota place in the prone event, shot 1171 and placed 20th, following a series of 385 in kneeling, 396 in prone and 390 in standing.
Sanjeev Rajput failed to make the cut for the qualification round, following a score of 1153 in the elimination phase.
The two Olympic quota places in the men’s 3-position event went to champion Link Andre of Germany and fourth-placed Alexis Raynaud of France.
In women’s air pistol, Heena Sidhu shot 382 and placed 21st in a strong field of 129 shooters. The dentist from Patiala missed the final by three points.
The three Olympic quota places went to silver medallist Bobana Velickovic of Serbia, fourth-placed Guo Wenjun of China and the eighth-placed Lydia Paterson of the US.
The results:
Men: 50m rifle 3-position: 1. Andre Link (Ger) 458.7 (1175); 2. Yang Haoran (Chn) 457.0 (FWRJ) 1175; 3. Nazar Louginets (Rus) 444.8 (1182); 10. Chain Singh 1174; 20. Gagan Narang 1171.
MQS: Surendra Sinh Rathod 1167; Satyendra Singh 1163.
Women: 10m air pistol: 1. Antoaneta Boneva (Bul) 200.6 (385); 2. Bobana Velickovic (Srb) 198.2 (387); 3. Liubov Yaskevich (Rus) 177.4 (387); 21. Heena Sidhu 382; 40. Shweta Singh 378; 67. Annu Raj Singh 374. MQS: Shreya Gawande 367.
