Shooter Gagan Narang became the first Indian to qualify for the 2012 London Olympics when he bagged the bronze in the 10 metre air rifle event at the World Championship in Munich. He was overlooked for the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna on Friday.
The World No 2 shot 597 in the qualifying and 102 in the final round for a total of 699 to win the bronze.
Olympic champion Abhinav Bindra finished a disappointing 25th and failed to qualify for the final round.
The gold went to Italian Niccolo Campriani, who shot a total of 702.5 (599 qualifying + 103.5 final) while Hungarian Peter Sidi bagged the silver with 700.4 points (599 qualifying + 101.4 final).
"Even before the start Narang told me that he was sad after being left out. I told him just to go and bag a medal and show the whole world that he deserves the Khel Ratna," Thomas was quoted as saying by IANS.
Narang, who is now seen as India's best bet in the Commonwealth Games, shot the bronze in his pet 10m air rifle event at the Beijing World Cup and qualified for the World Championships.
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