After crowning himself in glory at the Commonwealth Games, ace Indian shooter Samaresh Jung began his campaign in the ISSF World Cup in Guangzhou, China, on a disappointing note, finishing 34th in the 50-metre Free Pistol event.
Jung had a qualifying series of 93, 85, 89, 95, 90, 96, for a total of 548 that put him out of contention for the final series.
Korean Oh Jong Jin won the gold with a total of 662.6 (569+93.6).
Portugeese Joao Costa (568+94.6) had the same score but had to be satisfied with the silver because of a lower qualifying total.
Spaniard Isidro Lorenzo won the bronze with a total of 661.9 (567+94.9).
Jung, who clinched five gold, two silver and a bronze at the Commonwealth Games, had finished 20th in the qualifying round on Monday after a score of 557, with a series of 95, 93, 89, 92, 96, 92.
Compatriot Vivek Singh finished 48th in the same event. He had a score of 538, with a series of 96, 89, 91, 87, 90, 85.
Meanwhile, the women fared no better and could not repeat their success of Melbourne. Shooters from China and other non-Commonwealth nations dominated the 10m Air Rifle event as the Indian women failed to secure any medal.
Tejaswini Sawant, the Commonwealth Games gold medallist in the 10m Air Rifle event, finished 10th with a score of 395.
Avneet Kaur Sidhu, who lost the gold to Tejaswini in Melbourne was the next to follow with 393 at 16th.
Anjali Bhagwat, with a series of 100, 99, 96, 99, finished six rungs below her at 19th.
Chinese Yinghui Zhao, who shot a score of 503.5 (399+104.5), won the gold.
Compatriot Li Du, tied with Zhao after the qualifying series, grabbed the silver with 500.7 (399+101.7).
The bronze went to Batkhuyag Zorigt.
Earlier, Gagan Narang became the first Indian to qualify for next year's Olympics in Beijing after winning the gold in the 10m Air Rifle event on Monday.
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