Shooting: Vivaan Kapoor bows out in shoot-off as Indian trap shooters disappoint in Baku World Cup

Vivaan shot 120 in the qualification round to get into a three-way shoot-off for the sixth and final qualifying spot with Ireland’s former junior world champion Ian O’Sullivan and Matthew John Coward-Holley of Great Britain.

REPRESENTATIVE IMAGE: Besides Vivaan, Prithviraj Tondaiman (score 117, rank 24th) and Bhowneesh Mendiratta (score 116, rank 39th) also had a disappointing outing in the men’s trap event. | Photo Credit: AFP

Vivaan Kappor shot 120 out of 125 but missed the trap final in the shoot-off in the World Cup in Baku, Azerbaijan, on Sunday.

In a three-way tie between three shooters for the sixth and last spot in the final, the 22-year-old Vivaan lost 2-3 to Matthew Coward-Holley of Britain, after Ian O’Sullivan of Ireland failed to hit the first bird in the shoot-off.

Vivaan had a series of 24, 25, 22, 25 and 24 for the seventh place, in a strong field of 93 shooters, while Prithviraj Tondaiman (117) and Olympic quota winner Bhowneesh Mendiratta (116) placed 24th and 39th respectively.

In women’s trap, Olympic quota winner Rajeshwari Kumari shot 108 and placed 23rd. She missed the final by six points.

The results:

Trap: Men: 1. James Wilett (Aus) 46 (121); 2. Filip Marinov (Svk) 42 (121); 3. Jean Pierre Cardenas (Gua) 34 (121); 7. Vivaan Kapoor 120; 24. Prithviraj Tondaiman 117; 39. Bhowneesh Mendiratta 116.

Women: 1. Ray Bassil (Lbn) 44 (114); 2. Penny Smith (Aus) 40 (116); 3. Erica Seissa (Ita) 34 (115); 23. Rajeshwari Kumari 108; 29. Shreyasi Singh 107; 38. Manisha Keer 105.