Shovon frustrates in 50m Rifle Prone

South Asian Games silver medallist Shovon Chowdhury frustrated at the Gold Coast Commonwealth Games by finishing 20th out of 30 participants in the 50m Rifle Prone event at the Belmont Shooting Centre in Brisbane yesterday.

Shovon, who won a silver medal in the 10m Air Rifle event in the 2016 SA Games in Assam, had to take part in 50m rifle prone after losing his place in the men's 10m Air Rifle event to teammate Abdullah Hel Baki and Rabbi Hasan Munna. However, he could only produce a frustrating performance, scoring 604.5, 8.2 points less than Englishman Kenneth Parr, who was the final qualifier for the eight-shooter final round.

Baki was also scheduled to take part in the event but the 28-year-old refrained following his silver medal triumph in the 10m Air Rifle event on Sunday.

Meanwhile, Bangladesh's fastest woman Shirin Akter finished last in the women's 200m sprint with a time of 26.17 seconds. A total of 36 sprinters took part in the event.