ISSF World Cup: Divyansh-Elavenil pair wins 10m air rifle mixed team gold
March 22, 2021 11:53 ISTIndia's Divyansh Singh Panwar and Elavenil Valarivan clinched the gold medal in the 10m Air Rifle Mixed Team event at the ISSF World Cup.
India's Divyansh Singh Panwar and Elavenil Valarivan clinched the gold medal in the 10m Air Rifle Mixed Team event at the ISSF World Cup.
On Saturday night, two more Indian shooters had tested positive for COVID-19, taking the number of athletes contracting the virus to six during the tournament in the national capital.
The 20-year-old from Chandigarh created history when she bagged a bronze on the third competition day of the tournament here on Sunday.
Sekhon bagged the women's skeet bronze on the third competition day of the tournament.
Singhraj, the Sydney 2019 World Championships medallist, pipped Rio 2016 bronze medallist Server Ibragimov by 2.8 points.
A dominant India claimed both the gold medals on offer by some distance in the men's and women's 10m air pistol team events on the third competition day.
The Indians shot 16 in the gold medal round to finish way ahead of Poland's Julita Borek, Joanna Iwona Wawrzonowska and Agnieszka Korejwo.
On Saturday morning three shooters, including two from the Indian pistol men's team, tested positive for COVID-19.
Before exiting at the All England Championships in the semis to her Thai rival Chochuwong, Sindhu pulled off a genius cross-court shot against Akane Yamaguchi in the quarter-finals.
Saurabh Chaudhary and Abhishek Verma settled for the silver and bronze medals respectively in the men's 10m air pistol final on the second competition day of the tournament.
As many as 300 shooters from more than 40 nations are participating in the World Cup that is being held in all the three disciplines -- rifle, pistol, and shotgun.
The fancied world number four Chaudhary was humbled in the final shot by Iran's Javed Foroughi, currently ranked 107th in the ISSF rankings.
The world No. 7 Indian had also lost at the semifinal at the 2018 edition as well.
Deswal shot 238.8 to comfortably finish on top of the podium in the eight-women final while Bhaker managed 236.7 to settle for the silver medal.
Geeta, who made the Phogat clan famous with her remarkable journey from local dangals to international fame, has not competed much since she attempted to qualify for the 2016 Rio Olympic Games unsuccessfully.
On Saturday, the 18-year-old 10m air rifle specialist showed that he is getting back to his old self, with a bronze medal in the ISSF World Cup.
The decision was announced after an online meeting of the International Olympic Committee, the Japanese government, the Tokyo government, the International Paralympic Committee, and local organizers.
However, world number four in women's 10m air rifle, Anjum Moudgil had to settle for a fifth-place finish after shooting 187.8 in the final.
Peter, who hails from Hungary, and his wife Roxana, who is from Romania, are in the national capital to take part in the ongoing ISSF World Cup at the Dr Karni Singh Shooting Range.
The 18-year-old Divyansh shot 228.1 to finish third on the podium at the Dr Karni Singh Shooting Range.
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