BISLEY (England), July 29: Pakistan shooters continued their dismal run when Kashif Riaz and Zahid Ali finished sixth in the men’s 25m Rapid Fire Pistol pairs final Monday.
The Pakistani pair accumulated 1099 points.
Mukesh Kumar and Bhanwar Lal Dhaka won the gold.
Their score of 1141 points was enough to beat South Africa’s Allan McDonald and Frederick Van Tonder’s score of 1131 into second spot with the Australian duo of Bruce Favell and Bruce Quick taking bronze with 1127 points.
The winning performance was India’s fifth gold medal of the Games and it was a result which broke Australia’s strangehold on the event which they had dominated since 1990.
RESULTS:
MEN’S 25M RAPID FIRE PISTOL
PAIRS FINAL
1. Mukesh Kumar and Bhanwar Lal Dhaka (Ind) 1141pts; 2. Allan McDonald and Frederick Van Tonder (Rsa) 1131; 3. Bruce Favell and Bruce Quick (Aus) 1127; 4. Peter Clark and Leslie Pearson (Eng) 1110; 5. Michael Smith and Jason Wakeling (Nzl) 1106; 6. Kashif Riaz and Zahid Ali (Pak) 1099.
In the men’s skeet pairs final, Shaikh Amin Karamat Masud and Ahmed Sultan finished sixth with a total of 179 points.
The event was won by Antonis Nicolaides and Christos Kourtellas of Cyprus who collected 194 points.
RESULTS:
1. Antonis Nicolaides and Christos Kourtellas (Cyp) 194pts; 2. George Barton and David Cunningham (Aus) 188; 3. Richard Brickell and Drew Harvey (Eng) 188; 4. Malcolm Allen and Desmond Davies (Wal) 186; 5. Michael Thomson and Ian Marsden (Sco) 184; 6. Shaikh Amin Karamat Masud and Ahmed Sultan (Pak) 179.
Anjali Bhagwat and Raj Kumari won India’s sixth gold medal with victory in the 50m Rifle Three Positions Pairs final.
They scored 1140 points to beat Susan McCready and Susannah Smith of Australia, who finished with 1131 points with Canada’s Sharon Bowes and Cari Johnson taking bronze with 1123 points.—AFP
In the men’s 25m Standard Pistol Pairs event, Irshad Ali and Zahid Ali narrowly missed the bronze medal.
The Pakistani pair accumulated 114 points while South African duo of Daniel Van Tonder and Frederick Van Tonder collected 116 points and Australia’s Philip Adams and Bruce Quick finishing with 118 points.
Indian pair of Jaspal Rana and Samresh Jung won the event to help their country snap the seventh gold.
RESULTS:
MEN’S 25M STANDARD PISTOL
PAIRS FINAL
1. Jaspal Rana and Samresh Jung (Ind) 1130pts; 2. Philip Adams and Bruce Quick (Aus) 1118; 3. Daniel Van Tonder and Frederick Van Tonder (Rsa) 1116; 4. Irshad Ali and Zahid Ali (Pak) 1114; 5. Peter Clark and Michael Gault (Eng) 1111; 6. Jason Wakeling and Greg Yelavich (Nzl) 1091.—AFP