KARACHI: Pakistan’s shooters messed up the ISSF World Cup Rifle/Pistol in Germany as Rabia Kabir and M Uzman have been penalized and disqualified, respectively, for violating rules while Gulfam Joseph and Kishmala Talat did not play their mixed team event due to an ‘unfortunate’ incident.
According to details, M Uzman was disqualified as per ISSF Rule 6.7.9.1.a (post competition check failure – stiffness) in the qualification round of the individual category of 10m Air Rilfe event. The said rule allows Equipment Control Juries for post-competition checks on athletes’ shooting equipment (jacket and trouser stiffness to ensure they do not exceed allowed flexibility limits, which would otherwise provide an unfair physical advantage).
Similarly, Rabia Kabir committed the violation of ISSF Rule A 10 and B 10 in the qualification round of the individual category of 25m Pistol event for women. These rules outline penalties for loading too many cartridges and firing excess shots.
According to the rule, only one magazine may be loaded with a maximum of five cartridges upon the “LOAD” command and loading more than five cartridges constitutes a rule violation in all 25m Training or Qualification events while during the finals athletes load two (2) magazines.
Similarly, the ISSF Rule 8.8.2.1 applies when an athlete fires more match shots on a target than specified (e.g., more than 5 shots at a series), the highest value hit(s) will be disregarded from the score of that target. Furthermore, two (2) points are deducted from the athlete’s score for the first series/target.
When contacted, Javaid Shamshad Lodhi, an official of National Rifle Association of Pakistan, said the disqualification of M Uzman was wrong as his jacket was cleared one day before his event but he was disqualified the next day after his competition.
“I wrote to the International Shooting Sports Federation about this mishap and they acknowledged that Rizwan was disqualified on wrong pretext and they ensured that such incidents would not happen in the future,” said Javaid.
To a question about missing the mixed team event by Gulfam and Kishmala, Javaid said something ‘unfortunate’ happened there and he would not disclose it at this moment while the incident is also beyond the scope of NRAP.
Meanwhile, the country’s top shooter Gulfam Joseph showed excellent performance by qualifying to the finals in the individual category of 10m Air Pistol event. He scored 583-23x (96, 97, 99, 98, 97, 96) in the qualification round but in the finals he got 6th position with the score of 157.5.
In the qualification round of the individual category of 10m Air Pistol event for women, Kishmala Talat scored 569-13x (94, 96, 94, 95, 97, 93) for 53rd position and Rabia Kabir got 86th position with the score of 561-14x (93, 96, 97, 90, 90, 95).
In the first elimination round of the 50m Rifle 3-position event, Ghufran Adil scored 573-12x (kneeling 192, prone 193, standing 188) to take 51st position. In the second elimination round, Aqib Latif got 36th position with the score of 579-26x (kneeling 194, prone 193, standing 192).
In the individual category of 10m Air Rifle event, Mehr Khaliq scored 626.0 (104.5, 103.9, 105.2, 103.5, 104.4, 104.5) to get 81st rank in the qualification round.In the individual category of 10m Air Rifle event, Sulaiman Khan scored 622.3 for 98th position, Ghufran Adil scored 620.6 for 108th rank as he was competing for ranking points only (not eligible for final entry), and Aqil Latif scored 618.6 to get 114th position in the qualification round.
In the qualification round of the individual category of 25m Rapid Fire Pistol event, Ghulam Mustafa Bashir scored 577-20x (288, 289) to take 27th position and Maqbool Tabbasum scored 575-13x (288, 287) to get 36th position while M Umer Farooq scored 569-12x (279, 290) to take 45th position.
In the qualification round of the individual category of 25m Pistol event for women, Kishmala Talat scored 580-17x (287, 293) to take 22nd position, Rabia Kabir scored 564-10x (285, 279) to get 76th position.
In the qualification round of the 10m Air Rilfe mixed team category, Mehr Khaliq and M Uzman grabbed 23rd position with the score of 628.7 (313.7 and 315.0).In the mixed team category of the 10m Air Pistol event, Gulfam Joseph and Kishmala Talat did not start or finish the event. It is pertinent to mention here that Pakistan’s 11 shooters participated in this world cup.
