Nicosia, May 8 -- Olympian Maheshwari Chauhan closed with a 25 and Abhay Singh Sekhon with a 23, but both fell just short of the finals of the women's and men's skeet competition, at the year's third International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF) World Cup Shotgun stage in Nicosia, Cyprus on Wednesday.

Maheshwari's tally of 118 was two below the joint sixth spot, while Abhay's 121 was even closer as Ireland's Jack Fairclough took the sixth and final qualifying spot with 122.

Earlier in the day, Maheshwari (22,25,24,25), despite a perfect finishing round, could not make up for the two rounds of 22 on day one, as the shoot-off for the fifth and sixth qualifying spots went at 120 in women's skeet, a release said.

Abhay Sekhon (25,24,24,25...