Baki, Shovon set new highs

Bangladeshi shooters Abdullah Hel Baki and Shovon Chowdhury surpassed their career records in the ISSF World Cup in the 10-metre air rifle event in Munich, Germany yesterday.

Baki scored 624.8 points to finish 28th among 114 participants while Shovon scored 621 points to finish with a share of the 61st position.

Even though the 2014 Glasgow Commonwealth Games silver medallist Baki beat his previous best, it was not enough to see him qualify for the final round.

Baki, who has earned a wild-card entry for Rio Olympics, had set his previous best score [622.8 points] in the ISSF World Cup in Rio de Janeiro last month.

Shovon, who missed out on the gold medal in the 12th South Asian Games in India by a whisker, surpassed his previous best score by 0.3 points.