India's Zorawar Singh Sandhu stumbled in the final and finished fifth in the ISSF World Cup in Belgrade, Serbia and Montenegro, on Monday.
The 27-year-old, who was in the lead going into the final, with a superb score of 123/125 (24, 25, 25, 24, 25), could score only 20 out of 25 in the final and slipped down to fifth place with a total of 143.
Italian Emanuele Bernasconi, who also scored 123 in the preliminary round, carried his good form into the final, with a score of 23, to win the gold with a score of 146.
Erminio Frasca, also from Italy, took the silver with 145 points (122 + 23) while Mario Filipovic of Slovakia claimed the bronze after a tie-shoot with a score of 144 (123 + 21).
Mansher Singh (116) finished 51st and Anwer Sultan (111) ended 71st as India finished ninth in team standings.
Another impressive Indian performance came in the women's skeet where Arti Singh Rao finished 11th with a total of 69/75.
In men's skeet, Amit Sanghi was 18th with a total of 120.
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