Baki, Munna fail in Delhi

Though there was a slim chance of grabbing Tokyo Olympics quota places due to the absence of some European nations and the presence of already-qualified shooters in the ISSF World Cup in New Delhi, the Bangladeshi shooters failed to take that opportunity as they failed to reach the final round in 10m air rifle event yesterday.

Two-time Commonwealth Games silver medallist Abdullah Hel Baki finished 19th among 39 shooters in the qualifying round after scoring 624.5 points, 3.1 points less than Korea's Byounggil Choo, who qualified as the eighth shooter to qualify for the eight-man final round.

Rabbi Hasan Munna finished 18th with a score of 624.6 points while Indian shooter Arjun Babuta (631.8) and Divyansh Singh (629.1) moved into the final round finishing third and sixth in the qualification round.

In women's 10m air rifle event, Syeda Atkia Hasan Disha (618.3), Rithika Chowdhury (617.4) and Sharmin Akter Ratna (608.8) finished 39th, 42nd and 46th respectively among 48 shooters.

However, Disha, Rithika and Ratna moved to the final round of women's 10 air rifle team event with a score of 1844.5 points.