India opened its medal account with a gold each in the 10m Air Rifle Mixed and 10m Air Pistol Mixed Team events on the third day of the ISSF Shooting World Cup here on Thursday.
Gold medallists Manu Bhaker (left) and Saurabh Chaudhary
Beijing:
The Indian pair, which had qualified for the final at the fifth spot with 482 points, won the first six series and dominated the final before the Chinese combination managed to open its account. It was Bhaker and Chaudhary’s second WC gold in the 10m Air Pistol Mixed Team event. The pair had won its first yellow metal at the ISSF WC held in New Delhi in February.
The other Indian pair in the 10m Air Pistol Mixed Team event, Heena Sidhu and Rizvi Shahzar, failed to enter the final after finishing the qualification round at the 12th spot with 479 points. Earlier in the day, Moudgil and Panwar had to fight tooth and nail to beat another Chinese pair of Liu Ruxuan and Yang Haoran 17-15 in the 10m Air Rifle Mixed Team final.
Moudgil and Panwar, who qualified for the final at the sixth position with a score of 522.7 points, were trailing 11-13 at one stage before they bounced back in style to emerge winners. Another Indian pair, Apurvi Chandela and Deepak Kumar, had finished a spot ahead of Moudgil and Panwar in the qualification round with 522.8 points, but couldn’t hold the nerves and eventually finished sixth in the final.
Young shooters Manu Bhaker and Saurabh Chaudhary took the top spot in the 10m Air Pistol Mixed Team event after Anjum Moudgil and Divyansh Singh Panwar opened the country’s gold tally in the 10m Air Rifle Mixed Team event. Bhaker and Chaudhary outshot Jiang Ranxin and Pang Wei of China 16-6 in the final, which was held in the new format, where the top two teams battle for the gold medal.
The Indian pair, which had qualified for the final at the fifth spot with 482 points, won the first six series and dominated the final before the Chinese combination managed to open its account. It was Bhaker and Chaudhary’s second WC gold in the 10m Air Pistol Mixed Team event. The pair had won its first yellow metal at the ISSF WC held in New Delhi in February.
The other Indian pair in the 10m Air Pistol Mixed Team event, Heena Sidhu and Rizvi Shahzar, failed to enter the final after finishing the qualification round at the 12th spot with 479 points. Earlier in the day, Moudgil and Panwar had to fight tooth and nail to beat another Chinese pair of Liu Ruxuan and Yang Haoran 17-15 in the 10m Air Rifle Mixed Team final.
Moudgil and Panwar, who qualified for the final at the sixth position with a score of 522.7 points, were trailing 11-13 at one stage before they bounced back in style to emerge winners. Another Indian pair, Apurvi Chandela and Deepak Kumar, had finished a spot ahead of Moudgil and Panwar in the qualification round with 522.8 points, but couldn’t hold the nerves and eventually finished sixth in the final.