ISSF World Cup New Delhi 2019 Day 2 Highlights: Saurabh Chaudhary wins gold on Day 2. (Source: Reuters)ISSF World Cup 2019 Day 2 Highlights: Saurabh Chaudhary smashed the world record on his way to a gold medal in the ISSF World Cup here Sunday, securing the country’s third Tokyo Olympics quota. The 16-year-old claimed the top honours in the men’s 10m air pistol event at the season-opening International Shooting Sport Federation event.
Manu Bhaker, however, finished fifth in the women’s 25m Pistol event. She was doing well and was on a joint-second position untill she took the last series of shots and fell to the fifth. The 17-year old also missed out on an Olympic quota.
Veronika Major wins 25m women pistol event
Hungary's Veronika Major makes a World Record to claim her first World Cup gold in women's 25m pistol. Well, that's all for today.
Shootouts
China's Zhang and Iran's Rostamiyan go for three shootouts for the bronze medal. Finally, Rostamiyan claims the third position after Zhang missed a point.
Manu Bhaker finishes 5th
Manu Bhaker finishes 5th in 25m Pistol event at Shooting World Cup, misses out on quota for 2020 Olympics. A poor series towards the end with three misses sees her out of the medal contention. However, the 17-year-old is still in fray in 2 more events - 10m air pistol & pistol mixed team.
Manu Bhaker 2nd spot
Manu Bhaker snatches back her second spot by shooting 4/5. A shoot-off between three finalists to decide who gets eliminated in this round.
Manu Bhaker slips to third
Manu Bhaker goes down a spot to the third position after 25 shots. She is two points behind the joint-leaders.
Manu maintains spot
Manu maintains the second spot after the fourth series of shots by getting 3 out of 5. Rostamiyan pulls ahead by 2 points now.
PERFECT FIVE
Manu covers up in the third series of shots with a perfect five! With that, she goes up to share the second spot. Just 1 behind Iran's Rostamiyan at the top.
Manu goes down
Manu misses three in the second series of shots, going down to the 7th place after 10 shots. Not the start the Indian would have wanted.
First series of shots
Manu Bhaker in joint-third position at the end of first series of shots with three points. No shooter managed to get all the five points.
First series of shots
Manu Bhaker in joint-third position at the end of first series of shots with three points. No shooter managed to get all the five points.
Shooters take positions
Manu Bhaker in 25m Pistol Women final action. A loud cheer by the home crowd as the announcer calls out her name. Bhaker will also be hoping to clinch an Olympic quota for India.
Next up: Manu Bhaker
Manu Bhaker will be hoping to add to India's medal tally as she plays in the 25m Pistol Women final. The finalists have come out. The final to begin in a few moments.
SAURABH CHAUDHARY WINS GOLD
The 16-year old shooter breaks World Record, makes a score of 245.0 to finish top in the 10m Air Pistol event, also ensuring Olympic quota.
Shots for gold
Olympic quota assured as Saurabh is in top two. Goes for gold after China's Pang Wei finishes with bronze.
Medal assured for Saurabh
Saurabh scored 9.7s in the last two series but he has maintained enough lead to not be bothered by a bad shot or two. Only the top three left in contention. Medal assured for Saurabh Chaudhary, sits at the top with a comfortable lead of 4.8 points
Saurabh shines
The Indian shooter Saurabh is shining as he increases his lead at the top to 4.8 points. 163.9 after 16 shots. The home crowd is screaming at the top of their lungs
Saurabh increases lead
A 10.5 and 10.4 help Saurabh increase his lead to the shooter on the second position to 4.4 points. The two Korean finalists get eliminated after the first three series of shots.
Saurabh maintains top spot
After ten shots, Saurabh stands at the top with 102.2 points. The Indian shooter has got a good lead, is leading in the final after the first elimination.
Saurabh's 2nd series of 5 shots: 9.6, 10.6, 10.6, 10.1, 10.1
First series
Saurabh has a decent start, making 51.2 in the first of the five series, is joint-first. Except one below-par shot, all his shots were above 10.
His score: 10.2, 10.3, 10.7, 10.5, 9.5
10m air pistol men final begins
The names of the finalists are being announced. Even before the announcer could read out his name, Saurabh Chaudhary gets a rousing reception from the Delhi crowd. "Hang on, I haven't even read out his name yet," says the announcer. Saurabh aims for medal as the 10m air pistol men final begins.
Hello and welcome!
Indian shooting's teen titans are in action today. First up is 16-year-old Saurabh Chaudhary, who is the sole Indian to have qualified for the final at the 10m Air Pistol event. Meanwhile, Manu Bhaker has shot 294 in the Rapid Fire stage, and settled for 590 and currently the second place in the 25m Pistol category. A place in the final is all but confirmed for her!