Lakshay Sheoran Wins Bronze, Misses Men's Trap Quota By Whisker

16.01.2024 - 08:41 sports.ndtv.com

Asian Games silver medallist Lakshay Sheoran won bronze in men's trap but missed one of the two available Paris 2024 Olympics quota places by a whisker in the Asia Olympic Qualifiers for shotgun on Monday.

Sheoran finished third despite leading the 50-shot final for most of it. 15-year-old Iranian Mohammad Beyranvand struck gold and the first quota place, getting the better of silver winning Chinese Guo Yuhaoa, the latter missing his second shoot-off shot after both had tied at 40 hits.

Guo also collected the second quota place. Earlier in the day, Sheoran shot well to return two rounds of 24 each to total 119 after five 25-shot qualification rounds, to claim the fourth spot in the 57-strong field.

The top six go through and the Indian had to finish among the top two as all finalists were eligible for quota places. He started brilliantly to go into sole lead after 25 shots, nailing 22 of the targets.

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