Shooters lose focus in team events

Although Bangladeshi shooters displayed improved performances in the ongoing ISSF World Championships' individual events, they failed to carry the momentum into the 10m Air Rifle mixed-team event in Egypt's capital Cairo today.

All participating nations were allowed to field two teams in the mixed event. Bangladesh-2 team performed better than Bangladesh-1 as the former finished 49th out of 68 teams, three positions ahead of the latter.

Out of 327, Sajida Haque scored 313 while her partner Rabbi Hasan Munna could tally 310.2. Bangladesh-2 team's 623.2 total turned out to be 6.9 points less than China-2 team, who were the sixth and last team to qualify for the six-team final round in the event.

Meanwhile, the Bangladesh-2 team, comprising Kamrun Nahar Koly and Robiul Islam, combined to 622.5 points. Koly, who holds the all-time highest score in the 10m Air Rifle event by a Bangladeshi shooter, could only reach up to 310.9 points in the team event.

In the 50m Air Rifle prone event, Nafisa Tabasum accumulated 613.3 to finish 34th out of 73 competitors, while Sajida Haque scored 604.4 to stand 66th.