India's top rifle shooters Gagan Narang and Abhinav Bindra finished 31st and 39th respectively in men's 50m 3 Position event on the final day of the ISSF World Cup in Guangzhou, China on Saturday.
Sanjeev Rajput was the highest placed Indian at 13th position.
He shot a score of 1165 with a series of Prone 388 (97,95,99,97), Standing 385 (96,97,96,96) and Kneeling 392 (98,97,99,98), according to information received in Delhi.
Narang, who won the 10m air rifle gold medal in the event, became the first Indian shooter to book a spot for the 2008 Beijing [Images] Olympics [Images], fired 1157.
He shot a series of Prone 391 (96,99,98,98), Standing 384 (99,94,94,97) and Kneeling 382 (96,96,95,95).
Bindra, who was earlier ninth in 10m air rifle event, carded 1148 with Prone 396 (100,99,99,93), Standing 373 (92,91,95,95) and Kneeling 379 (96,94,93,96).
Vebjoern Berg of Norway won the gold medal with a score of 1273.8 (1175+98.8) and Sergei Kovalenko of Russia [Images] bagged the silver with a score of 1271.1 (1173+98.1).
Marcel Buerge of Switzerland [Images] claimed the bronze for his effort of 1270.3 (1177+93.3).
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