New Delhi, Sept. 12 -- Italy's Danilo Sollazzo, who finished second behind India's Rudrankksh Patil in the Cairo World Championship in 2022 and was fifth in the Paris Olympics last year, shattered the men's 10m air rifle finals world record on competition day three of the International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF) World Cup Rifle/Pistol stage in Ningbo, China on Friday.

Indian shooters meanwhile, despite some solid performances, were still searching for a first final appearance at the Ningbo World Cup, as per a press release from the National Rifle Association of India (NRAI).

Danilo shot 255.0 in the men's air rifle final, relegating the home favourite, reigning Olympic champion and the very man whose record he broke, Sheng Lihao, ...