Ravi Kumar\u2019s final shot of the 10m air rifle qualifying was a 10.8, just 0.1 short of the perfect score. It took his tally in the final series to 106, his best score in a round at a World Cup, while his overall score stood at 628.6. But in a high-scoring qualifying round at the Munich World Cup, Kumar fell short of making the cut for the final by 0.6 points and settled for the 13th place.<\/p>\n
Kumar was one of the 10 shooters in a field of 123 who shot a score of 106 or above in a series (an accumulation of 10 shots). But such was the level that the cut off for the final, 629.2, was the highest in an international tournament since the Rio Olympics. At the Games, Abhinav Bindra had qualified for the final with a score of 625.7 with eventual gold medallist Italian Niccolo Campriani and bronze medallist Vladimir Masslennikov being the only two who managed scores of 629 or more in qualification.<\/p>\n
Kumar\u2019s score of 628.6 on Saturday was his third highest in World Cups in the last two years. At the Changwon edition last month, he totalled 629.2 before finishing fourth in the final while last year in Munich, he shot 629.1.<\/p>\n
He began well and looked on course for a second successive appearance in the final after managing a tally of 105.9 in the second series. However, he failed to capitalise on the good start, shooting below-average in the following three series. He slipped so far behind that even a 106.0 in the final series could not seal a spot in the final for him.<\/p>\n
None of the top 15 shooters in the qualification, including eventual gold medallist Illia Charheika of Belarus and silver medallist Maslennikov shot a better sixth series score than Kumar, who shot 22 shots of 10.7 or more including 12 shots of 10.8 and three shots of 10.9 during his 60 shots. However, it did not prove enough. Youngster Arjun Babuta finished at the 20th spot with a score of 627.7 while Deepak Kumar finished at 25th spot with 627.4.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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