India's disappointing show in the World Shotgun Championships ended on Monday when Manavjit Singh Sandhu finished 17th in men's trap event and Aarti Singh Rao was 24th in women's skeet in Lonato, Italy.
Sandhu began with a perfect 25/25 but went down in the next three rounds with scores of 23, 23 and 22. Though the Indian came back with a 24 in the last round, his total of 117/125 points gave him the 17th spot in a field of 140.
The other Indians in the fray, Anwer Sultan finished 29th with a score of 114 while Zorawar Singh Sandhu ended 88th with a tally of 93 points. The trio's performance saw India finish 12th in the men's trap team standings.
Like Manavjit, Aarti also began with a good score of 23 but went down the spiral in the next two rounds with scores of 20 and 21. She totalled 64.
In the men's skeet event, the best Indian on view was Amit Sanghi, who came 56th with a total of 109 points. Baba Prithviraj Singh Bedi (99) was 80th and Amardeep Singh Rai (97) ended 83rd. India placed 18th in the team standings.
In the women's trap event, Shagun Chowdhary finished 54th with a total score of 52 points.
Earlier, India's best bet World No. 2 and Olympic silver medallist Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore had finished 14th in the men's double trap.