Indian capturing ace Saurabh Chaudhary gained the gold medal within the males’s 10m air pistol occasion, opening the nation’s account within the yr’s first ISSF World Cup right here on Tuesday.
The Asian Games gold medallist shot 16 within the gold medal contest to complete forward of Germany’s Michael Schwald (6).
The bronze within the occasion was bagged by Artem Chernousov of Russia, whose nation’s flag was eliminated owing to its involvement within the ongoing battle in Ukraine.
SAURABH TAKES THE GOLD
19-yr outdated Olympian @SChaudhari2002 clinches after defeating ‘s M. Schwald (16-6) in Gold medal match of 10m Air Pistol occasion at @ISSF_Shooting World Cup, Cairo
Strong & composed efficiency by the Shooter to deliver house ‘s 1st medal on the occasion pic.twitter.com/J8OVusanKy
— SAI Media (@Media_SAI) March 1, 2022
The 19-year Saurabh, an Olympian who additionally has a Youth Olympic gold medal to his title, was third within the males’s 10m air pistol qualification stage with a complete of 584 factors, making it via to the elimination as one of many prime eight shooters .
He topped the ultimate stage relay 1 with a rating of 38, making it via to the medal match, which was contested by the final 4 shooters. There he topped once more with a rating of 42.5.
Esha Singh, Shri Nivetha and Ruchita Vinerkar are representing India within the 10m air pistol ladies’s occasion.
Over 500 shooters from 60 nations are collaborating within the Cairo World Cup which has 20 medal units on provide.
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With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
