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India's shooters failed to impress on the third day of competitions in the 51st Shooting World Championship as trap ace Manavjit Singh Sandhu missed out on a final berth by a whisker while Rahi Sarnabot and Anisa Sayyed disappointed in women's 25 metres pistol, in Granada, on Wednesday.
Former world champion Manavjit, having produced excellent shooting over the past couple of days, lost in the shoot-out after managing 23 in the last qualification.
The World Cup winner and Commonwealth Games medallist had shot 25 each in four rounds on day 1 and 2 at the CEAR Juan Carlos I shooting range.
In the women's 25-metre pistol, Rahi proved to be a disappointment as she shot 579 for 21st-place finish in the qualifying, while Anisa was a shade better at 14th with a score of 581.
The team of Manavjit, Kynan Chenai and Prithviraj Tondaiman was placed eighth after they totalled 361 in the men's trap.
The team comprising Anisa, Rahi and Pushpanjali Rana was positioned seventh with a total score of 1728.
The juniors, including the likes of Manavaditya Rathore, Abhay Singh Rathore and Adhiraj Rathore, also failed to live up to expectations.
Jitu Rai on Tuesday had become the first Indian shooter to qualify for the 2016 Rio Olympics after bagging a quota place with an impressive silver medal-finish.
The 25-year-old Army marksman, having won back-to-back World Cup and Commonwealth medals this year, bagged the white metal in men's 50-metre pistol event.