KARACHI: Pakistan’s talented shooter Kashmala Talat created a national record in women’s 25m pistol event during the ongoing ISSF World Shooting Championship in Baku, Azerbaijan.
Kashmala finished the qualifying round with 583 + 19x, falling just short of being in top 8, merely by one point.
She was tied with with India’s Rhythm Sangwan on 583 but the Indian shooter had higher number of shots to center of target which took her to top 8 and as a result will play the final round.
If Kashmala, who scored 290 on day one, had achieved one more point then it would’ve been a smooth sailing for her to top 8.
The Indian shooter was on 69th place after day one with 284 points but she collected 299 on day two to make a jump.
A rank among top 6 in final round would’ve seen Kashmala Talat a place in Paris Olympics 2024. The Pakistani shooter will now have to wait for qualifiers in October to attempt to secure her place in next Olympics.
However, her score 583/600 was a new national record in this category. She previously had scored 582/600 during this year’s National Games to create the record.
Kashmala had earlier got 10th position in women’s air pistol event as well.
Faizan Lakhani Faizan Lakhani is Deputy Editor (Sports) at Geo News.