By IANS
New Delhi : India's Mansher Singh became the ninth shooter to qualify for the 2008 Olympics in Beijing after finishing fifth in the men's trap shooting event in the World Cup at Lonato, Italy.
According to information received here, Mansher shot 140 points Saturday including a superb 122 in qualification round with three perfect series of 25 and a below-par final round where he carded only 18 out of 25.
The Indian was tied with Abdulrahman Al Faihan of Kuwait and Masimo Fabbrizi of Italy, but edged out the Kuwaiti in the tie-shoot for the quota place.
According to rules of the game's world body, one country can have only two Olympic berths in each event. India has won both the places in trap with Manavjit Singh Sandhu winning the other quota when he became world champion in Zagreb, Croatia last year.
Manavjit, who was competing in a major competition here after a gap of five months, finished eighth with a score of 120.