<p class="title">Indian shooters Ravi Kumar and Arjun Babuta missed out on a medal after raising hopes on the first day in the men's 10m air rifle event in the ISSF World Cup Stage 2 here on Sunday.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Ravi finished fourth in his fifth World Cup final in two years and the youngster Arjun, playing his first senior World Cup, gave a good account of himself to claim the sixth place in a top field.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Russia's Alexander Dryagin shot a world record 251.2 in the final to lead a Russian 1-2 as Rio Olympics bronze medallist, Vladimir Maslennikov, won silver with a score of 250.2 after the 24-shot final.</p>.<p class="bodytext">World number one Istvan Peni of Hungary bagged bronze with a score of 228.5. Peni pipped Ravi by 0.2 points at the end of 20 shots, as Ravi bowed out in fourth place after leading the finals initially, on a score of 208.4.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Arjun, also leading the final at one stage, scored 165.2.</p>.<p class="bodytext">In the 92-strong qualification round, Ravi aggregated 629.2 after 60-shots to qualify second while Arjun shot 627.0 to capture the eighth and final qualifying spot.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Deepak Kumar missed out and was placed 15th after shooting a score of 625.9.</p>.<p class="bodytext">In the women's 10m air rifle qualification, Apurvi Chandela shot 627 to finish 10th, the best among the three Indians in the fray. She missed out on a finals berth by a point.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Mehuli Ghosh shot 626.0 to end in 17th place while Anjum Moudgil shot 625.5 to finish in 20th spot.</p>.<p class="bodytext">China's first time World Cupper Zhao Ruozhou won the gold medal in the event with a world record score of 252.4 after the 24-shot final. Chinese Taipei's Ying-Shin Lin bagged the silver and Norway's Jenny Stene won bronze.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Both Rahi Sarnobat and Heena Sidhu shot 291 out of 300 to finish the first qualification stage of the women's 25m pistol in 10th and 13th positions in the 61-strong field.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Annu Raj Singh was lying 20th with a score of 288.</p>.<p class="bodytext">In the women's trap after the first day of qualification, Shreyasi Singh with 64 hits out of 75 was the best-placed Indian in the 30th position. Shagun Chowdhary had 63 and was 36th while Seema Tomar shot 60 to be in 47th place.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The top six qualify for the finals in both the events. </p>
<p class="title">Indian shooters Ravi Kumar and Arjun Babuta missed out on a medal after raising hopes on the first day in the men's 10m air rifle event in the ISSF World Cup Stage 2 here on Sunday.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Ravi finished fourth in his fifth World Cup final in two years and the youngster Arjun, playing his first senior World Cup, gave a good account of himself to claim the sixth place in a top field.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Russia's Alexander Dryagin shot a world record 251.2 in the final to lead a Russian 1-2 as Rio Olympics bronze medallist, Vladimir Maslennikov, won silver with a score of 250.2 after the 24-shot final.</p>.<p class="bodytext">World number one Istvan Peni of Hungary bagged bronze with a score of 228.5. Peni pipped Ravi by 0.2 points at the end of 20 shots, as Ravi bowed out in fourth place after leading the finals initially, on a score of 208.4.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Arjun, also leading the final at one stage, scored 165.2.</p>.<p class="bodytext">In the 92-strong qualification round, Ravi aggregated 629.2 after 60-shots to qualify second while Arjun shot 627.0 to capture the eighth and final qualifying spot.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Deepak Kumar missed out and was placed 15th after shooting a score of 625.9.</p>.<p class="bodytext">In the women's 10m air rifle qualification, Apurvi Chandela shot 627 to finish 10th, the best among the three Indians in the fray. She missed out on a finals berth by a point.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Mehuli Ghosh shot 626.0 to end in 17th place while Anjum Moudgil shot 625.5 to finish in 20th spot.</p>.<p class="bodytext">China's first time World Cupper Zhao Ruozhou won the gold medal in the event with a world record score of 252.4 after the 24-shot final. Chinese Taipei's Ying-Shin Lin bagged the silver and Norway's Jenny Stene won bronze.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Both Rahi Sarnobat and Heena Sidhu shot 291 out of 300 to finish the first qualification stage of the women's 25m pistol in 10th and 13th positions in the 61-strong field.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Annu Raj Singh was lying 20th with a score of 288.</p>.<p class="bodytext">In the women's trap after the first day of qualification, Shreyasi Singh with 64 hits out of 75 was the best-placed Indian in the 30th position. Shagun Chowdhary had 63 and was 36th while Seema Tomar shot 60 to be in 47th place.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The top six qualify for the finals in both the events. </p>