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Sheeraz Sheikh shot 49 out of 50 and was the best-placed Indian shooter at the 11th position with three more qualification rounds to go in the men’s skeet event of the ISSF World Cup.

The remaining qualification rounds will be followed by the six-man final tomorrow. As many as 81 shooters are in the fray. Two other Indians in the event — Smit Singh and Angad Bajwa — shot scores of 48 and 47 to lie at the 23rd and 34th positions, respectively.

On the penultimate day of the competition, American shooting legend Kimberly Rhode won the women’s skeet gold. It was her 17th World Cup career gold and she won it with a world record to boot, shooting 58 out of 60 targets in the final. India’s Saniya Sheikh registered a 22nd-place finish in the event with a score of 111 in qualification out of a possible 125. Ganemat Sekhon shot 102 to finish 52nd while Maheshwari Chauhan ended at the 54th spot with a score of 101.