Tokyo Olympics: Rahi Sarnobat warms up for Tokyo with gold at Shooting World Cup-Olympic-bound Rahi Sarnobat displayed sensational form to clinch the women’s 25m pistol gold medal at the ISSF shooting World Cup on Monday but teen sensation Manu Bhaker ended seventh in the same event.
Sarnobat’s gold is India’s first in the ongoing edition after the country secured one silver and two bronze medals earlier in the tournament.
The 30-year-old Sarnobat fired a final score of 39 after qualifying second with a total of 591. Her stupendous performance in the final included perfect scores in the third, fourth, fifth and the sixth series.
In the qualification, Sarnobat fired a brilliant 296 in the rapid fire round on Monday. Her precision score was an equally impressive 295 on Sunday.
Bhaker recorded a total of 588 to qualify third after firing a 296 in the rapid-fire round on Monday following an impressive 292 in the precision round on Sunday.
However, she was eliminated early in the final with a disappointing score of 11, losing a shoot-off to Bulgaria’s Viktoria Chaika.
Bhaker had teamed up with Saurabh Chaudhary for the 10m air pistol mixed team silver.
She had earlier clinched the women’s 10m air pistol team bronze with Sarnobat and Yashaswini Deswal.
Before that, Chaudhary had won the men’s 10m air pistol individual bronze medal.
This is the last competitive outing for the Olympic-bound shooters, who will go to Tokyo after their stint here.
Earlier this month, Sarnobat and Manu Bhaker finished 1-2 in the Minimum Qualification Score (MQS) section of the women’s 25m pistol event at the European Shooting Championship on June 1.
The duo shot well above the Regulars’ final qualification mark in a seven-strong field.
While Manu shot a quality 587, the fourth-best overall score among Regulars and MQS combined, Rahi’s return of 584 matched the sixth-best Regulars score on the day.
Manu and Rahi were on Monday placed eighth overall after shooting a steady 291 in the first precision round.
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