Pistol shooters fail

After a bright day in Wako City in Japan on Saturday, the Bangladeshi pistol shooters produced disappointing performances in the 10th Asian Airgun Championships yesterday.

Rifle shooter Arnab Sharar won a silver medal in youth 10m air rifle event on Saturday to qualify for the next Youth Olympic Games, but his senior teammates -- Shakil Ahmed, Anwar Hossain, Armin Asha and Ardina Ferdous -- could not shine at the shooting range on Sunday, even failing to qualify for the final rounds.

Shakil, who won a gold medal in 50m pistol event in the South Asian Games in India last year, became 29th among 37 shooters in 10m pistol event with a score of 562 points, 14 points less than the eighth qualifier for the final round.

Shakil's teammate Anwar became 34th after scoring 554 points in the qualification round.  

In women's 10m pistol event, Armin and Ardina became 13th and 23rd out of 38 shooters after scoring 376 points and 370 points respectively, with China's Qian Wang advancing as the eighth shooter with a score of 376 points