Kynan Chenai finished a credible 6th in Men Trap at the ISSF Shotgun World Championship in Moscow on Sunday.
Chenai gave a great account of himself at the biggest global stage, surviving a gruelling seven-way shoot-off to reach the finals. He eventually finished sixth in the finals.
Chenai and Yannick Peters of Belgium both missed their fourth target while two shooters had already been eliminated after missing their third shots. Chenai and Yannick then went for another duel for the final qualifying spot before the Indian prevailed 12 to 11.
Chenai ran out of steam when in the finals he shot 17 hits out of the first 25 to be eliminated in sixth place.
Italy Danielle Resca won the gold shooting 43 in the final. Rio Olympics silver medalist Edward Ling of Great Britain bagged the silver shooting 40 while Jiri Liptak of Czech Republic won the bronze with a finals score of 33.
The other Indian in the fray, Zoravar Singh Sandhu shot a score of 118 to finish 26th.
Birendeep Sodhi finished 61st with a score of 114.
India finished 7th with a score of 353 in the team event, just four points off a medal.
Italy won the team gold with 362 while Czech Republic got the silver with 359 and Spain bagged the bronze with a combined score of 357.
In the Junior Men Trap, Akash Saharan, Lakshay Sheoran and Manavaditya Rathore finished 15th, 18th and 25th respectively.
The trio of Akash, Lakshay and Manavaditya also finished sixth in the team competition with a combined effort of 335.
Australia won the team gold with 351 while Italy bagged the silver with 345 and USA the bronze with 343.