Commonwealth Games hero Samresh Jung had a miserable outing, as he was given a point penalty and failed to make it to the 50m Free Pistol final at the ISSF shooting World Cup in Resende, Brazil, on Tuesday.
Jung, who was declared best athlete at the 18th Commonwealth Games earlier this year, shot 549 (89, 88, 92, 92, 92, 96) in the qualification and finished 21st.
The 35-year old CISF shooter was penalised two points in the elimination round after his complaint that he could not sight the targets properly was later found to be incorrect.
There were two more Indians in the fray: Vivek Singh ended up 35th, with a score of 542, and B Biji was 41st with a score of 534.
The gold and silver medals went to Russia, Mikhail Nestruev winning with a score of 668.7 (573+95.7) points followed by Isakov Vladimir, with a score of 667.9 (569+98.9).
Tanyu Kiriakov of Bulgaria won the bronze medal with a score of 663 (567+96).
Sushil Ghalay was 39th with 587 points in the 50m rifle prone event. He fired a perfect 100 and near perfect 99 in the series of 95, 98, 99, 100, 98, 97 in the qualification round.
