Samresh Jung's hopes of securing an Olympic quota place were dashed again after he finished 36th in 50m Free Pistol event at the ISSF World Cup in Munich, Germany.
The CRPF inspector had a tally of 551 after a series of 97, 91, 94, 89, 89 and 91 in qualifying to miss out on a chance to grab the quota place.
However, Jung, who was India's golden shooter at the Commonwealth Games, will get another chance next week at Milan to make amends for his disappointing performance.
In the MQS (minimum quota score) section, Vivek Singh shot 548 with a series of 94, 93, 91, 92, 91 and 87 while Ronak Pandit had a score of 546 (91, 91, 89, 94, 90 and 91).
Joao Costa of Portugal scored 667.2 (567+100.2) to win the gold medal after overtaking Russia's Vladimir Isakov, who started off as the leader in the final, carrying an advantage of five points from the qualification.
Isakov had to be content with the silver with a score of 666.6 (572+94.6) while Zongliang Tan of China won the bronze with a score of 661.8 (564+97.8). The Olympic Quota place was won by Kanstantin Lukashyk of Belarus, who finished sixth.
Sonia Rai finished 40th in women's 25m Sports Pistol event after she fired 572 with Stage one 285 (96, 96, 93) and Stage two 287 (94, 95, 98).
Commonwealth Games gold medallist Saroja Kumari Juthu finished 77th with a score of 554. In stage one, she shot 277 (89, 94, 94) and stage two 277 (89, 96, 92).
Gundegnaa Otryad of Mongolia tallied 793.4 (590+203.4) to emerge winner while Ying Chen of China was placed second with a score of 792.9 (587+205.9). Fengji Fei of China bagged the bronze with a score of 791.2 (589+202.2).