India, Nov. 4 -- Ravinder Singh was willing to give up his world title defence in 50m pistol if he had made the 10m air pistol team for the ISSF World Championships in Doha, where LA Olympics quotas are at stake in the event. He came close, too. Ravinder finished fifth in the selection trial rankings, but only the top three make the team.

Ravinder then shifted focus to defending the 50m pistol title. Though he missed gold on Tuesday and finished with silver in Doha, he was satisfied that he gave his best (559 pts-11x) in the close final against Russian Anton Aristarkhov, who won gold scoring 561-9x.

"It was just about one card (series) where I fell short. But I was following my process all through and was very patient in dealing with th...