ISSF World Cup: Chinky Yadav pips Manu Bhaker for women's 25m pistol gold
Other Sports | March 24, 2021 13:06 ISTIt was an all-India affair at the podium as Rahi Sarnobat settles for silver medal while Manu Bhaker takes the third spot.
It was an all-India affair at the podium as Rahi Sarnobat settles for silver medal while Manu Bhaker takes the third spot.
Aishwary Pratap Singh overcame challenges from World No. 1 Istvan Peni and 2018 world champion Steffen Olsen to clinch the gold.
Indian skeet shooters Angad Bajwa and Ganemat Sekhon won India fifth gold medal at the ongoing ISSF World Cup in New Delhi on Wednesday.
The Indian team of Gurjoat Khangura, Mairaj Ahmad Khan and Angad Vir Singh Bajwa beat Qatar 6-2 on the shotgun range of the Dr Karni Singh Shooting Range.
Indian shooting stars Manu Bhaker and Saurabh Chaudhury combined in the 10m air pistol mixed event to claim gold medal at the ISSF World Cup.
The 21-year-old Elavenil and 18-year-old Divyansh clinched the mixed top honours to give India their fourth gold of the marquee tournament.
Indian shooters Yashawini Deswal and Abhishek Verma settled for bronze medal in the 10m air pistol mixed team event after they won the third-place match against Turkish opponents 17-13 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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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