India top medal tally at Beijing Shooting World Cup

Press Trust of India  |  Beijing 

drew blank on the final day but still topped the chart for the second consecutive ISSF World Cup, third time in two years, by bagging three gold and a silver at the edition of the Rifle/Pistol event here.

In the last edition in New Delhi, had jointly topped the standings with

For India, while and young Divyansh Singh Panwar started the medal hunt with a gold in the 10m Air Rifle Mixed Team competition, the teenaged pair of Manu Bhaker and Saurabh Chaudhary backed them up with another in the 10m Air Pistol Mixed Team Pistol event.

Divyansh then won India's first individual medal by clinching a silver in the men's 10m Air Rifle.

On Saturday, won India's third gold in men's 10m Air Pistol event.

The concluding day of the Rifle/Pistol 2019 edition however, belonged to two women legends of the sport, two-time former Olympic champion of and Croatian Rifle legend Snjezana Pejcic, who won the two scheduled finals of the day, the 25m Pistol and the 50m Rifle 3 Positions (3P).

In the first final on Sunday, the 46-year old Maria, champion in the 25m Pistol at the 2000 and 2004 Olympics, shot 36 in the final to beat a couple of young rising stars -- world number one of and of Hungary, who was fresh from a double gold in the

The Hungarian settled for silver while Anna was pushed to the bronze medal position.

Maria along with of Germany, who finished fourth, bagged the two 2020 quota places up for grabs in the event.

Indian interest in the event was limited to the qualifying stage of the competition where Manu Bhaker's finals hopes were dashed when she shot 586 in qualifying to finish 17th.

champion Rahi Sarnobat managed 579 for a 26th place finish while Chinki Yadav, the third Indian in the competition, shot 570 to end in 56th position.

In the women's 3P, Beijing bronze medallist and winner of 17 medals including eight golds, of triumphed with a final round score of 464.

Bae of Korea won silver with 459.5 while of won bronze with 447.1. The Korean and the Norweigian also walked away with the two quota places.

Among the three Indians in the fray, N Gaayathri finished 19th with a score of 1169 in qualification while shot 1160 to end in 42nd. Kajal Saini was placed 60th with a qualification round score of 1142.

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First Published: Sun, April 28 2019. 15:00 IST