India’s medal tally swelled to two gold and one silver at the year’s second ISSF World Cup leg in Munich
It was double delight for India on competition day four of the International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF) World Cup Rifle/Pistol leg in Munich, as Suruchi Inder Singh struck gold and Esha Singh silver in the women’s 10m air pistol, helping them rise to the top of the medal tally.
Suruchi shot 242.1 to defend the gold she won last year at the Olympic Shooting range, while her senior teammate shot 241.2 to settle for silver. Korean Choo Gaeun won bronze.
India now have two gold and one silver at the year’s second ISSF World Cup leg, with the two mixed events in rifle and pistol, left to be played on Saturday (May 30).
Esha too won a creditable second medal in the competition, after winning gold in the women’s 25m pistol with a world record score on Wednesday.
In the qualification Esha and Suruchi shot 578.
Esha won a creditable second medal in the competition, after winning gold in the women’s 25m pistol with a world record score on Wednesday
In two other men’s events, Indian shooters missed out final. In the men’s 50m rifle 3 positions (3P), Aishwary Pratap Singh Tomar shot a 592 to qualify in sixth place, but was disqualified after his weapon was deemed to have discrepancies in dimension in a random post competition check. Rudrankksh Patil shot 585 to finish 53rd.
In the men’s 25m rapid-fire pistol, Anish’s effort of 577 fetched him 27th spot. Teammates Udhayveer Sidhu (574) and Suraj Sharma (574) were further back in 37th and 39th positions.
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