Anant misses final by three points

Anant Jeet Singh Naruka shot 114 and missed the junior men’s skeet final by three points in the Junior Shotgun World Cup

Published : Aug 22, 2017 00:03 IST

It was a disappointing day at the junior World Cup for Indian shooters.

Anant Jeet Singh Naruka shot 114 and missed the junior men’s skeet final by three points in the Junior Shotgun World Cup in Porpetto, Italy, on Monday.

Naruka started and ended well, but lost crucial points in the second round, in a series of 25, 20, 22, 23 and 24.

Hamza Sheikh (109), Arjun Singh Mann (108), Abinash Pratap Singh Sidhu (101) and Gurnihal Singh Garcha (101) took the 33rd, 37th, 50th and 51st spots respectively in a field of 63 shooters.