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[ad_1] Divya Subbaraju Thadigol and Sarabjot Singh© TwitterThe Indian duo of Divya Subbaraju Thadigol and Sarabjot Singh claimed the gold medal in the 10m air pistol mixed team competition at the ISSF Shooting World Cup in Azerbaijan on Thursday. In the gold medal contest, the Indians shot a total of 16 to prevail over Serbia's Zorana Arunovic and Damir Mikec, who managed to aggregate 14. Turkey's Simal Yilmaz and Ismail Keles settled for the bronze medal, beating the Italian pair of Sara Costantino and Paolo Monna 17-9.The other Indian team in fray, Esha Singh and Varun Tomar finished sixth in the qualification with a total of 578 even as their compatriots, the eventual winners, ended at the top of the pecking order with 581.Earlier, Rhythm Sangwan opened India's account in the tourname...

[ad_1] Olympian Aishwary Pratap Singh Tomar claimed the gold medal in the men's individual 50m rifle 3 positions competition at the ISSF World Cup in Cairo on Wednesday as India continued their dominance in the tournament. This was India's sixth medal, including four gold, in the tournament as the country strengthened its position at the top of the medals tally. The 22-year-old Tomar, who had also won a gold in the Changwon World Cup last year, won 16-6 in the gold-medal contest to comfortably beat Austria's Alexander Schmirl.Tomar was placed second in the ranking round, with a total score of 406.4, while Schmirl was at the top with 407.9.Earlier, the Indian had topped the qualification after aggregating 588 over the three stages of kneeling, prone and standing.Akhil Sheoran, another Ind...

[ad_1] Teenager Varun Tomar bagged a bronze medal in the men's 10m air pistol event.© TwitterTeenager Varun Tomar bagged a bronze medal in the men's 10m air pistol competition, opening India's account at the International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF) World Cup Rifle/Pistol in Cairo. The 19-year-old, competing on day one, got the better of teammate Sarabjot Singh in a shoot-off after both had tied for the third spot with a score of 250.6 in the ranking round. Seasoned Slovakian shooter Juraj Tuzinsky defeated upcoming Italian talent Paolo Monna 17-15, to win gold in the event.Earlier, Varun had shot 583 in qualification to make the ranking round in second place, while Sarabjot had shot 581 to qualify fifth. Juraj also topped the qualification with a score of 585.In the ranking match, ...

[ad_1] India's Ramita was on Wednesday crowned world champion in the women's 10m air rifle junior event after she defeated China's Ying Shen 16-12 in a close gold medal contest at the ISSF World Championship in Cairo. Ramita's gold and a 1-2-3 finish by the Indians in the women's 50m pistol junior competition, were the highlights for the country on the seventh competition day at the Egypt International Olympic City (EIOC) Shooting Range, taking the country's tally to 25 medals -- 10 gold, five silver and 10 bronze medals. They stood second behind China in the medal table.Ramita was tied 12-12 in the gold medal clash against Ying, but finished off with two strong shots of 10.8 and 10.7 to clinch the crown in the junior version of the Olympic event.She was fourth in qualification with 629....

[ad_1] Indian junior shooters were on rampage claiming as many as four more gold medals at the ISSF World Championship in Cairo on Tuesday. The four medals swelled India's tally to 20 medals including nine gold, three silver and eight bronze medals. They are now placed second behind China, who have 18 gold for a grand total of 37 medals. India's gold rush on competition day six began early with the team of Esha Singh, Shikha Narwal and Varsha Singh wining the air pistol team in the junior women's category, beating China 16-6 in the gold medal clash.The team had made the title round on Monday after coming through two stages of qualification.It was then the turn of the junior rifle girls and the trio of Ramita, Nancy and Tilottama Sen struck gold in the air rifle team women Junior competit...

[ad_1] Rudrankksh Patil becoming only the second Indian to achieve the feat Abhinav Bindra.© TwitterYoung Rudrankksh Patil on Friday won gold in men's 10m air rifle event in the ISSF World Championship here, becoming only the second Indian to achieve the feat after the legendary Abhinav Bindra. Patil also secured a 2014 Paris Olympics quota for the country in the process. This was India's second Olympic quota. The 18-year-old Rudrankksh beat Italy's Danilo Dennis Sollazzo 17-13 in the gold medal match after a brilliant come-from-behind effort.Four quota spots are available in Olympic events at the World Championship this year.India had earned their first quota at the Shotgun World Championship in Croatia recently, courtesy Bhowneesh Mendiratta in the men's trap event.Appearing in his mai...

[ad_1] Bhowneesh Mendiratta earned India's first 2024 Paris Olympics quota place in shooting, after he finished a commendable fourth in the men's trap competition at the ongoing ISSF Shotgun World Championship in Osijek, Croatia. Bhowneesh missed a world championship medal narrowly in the process, being the first to bow out with 13 out of the first 15 hits in the 35-shot medal match. There were four quota places each up for grabs in both the men's and women's trap event on the day.The 23-year-old world number 144 (before the final) from Faridabad, however, secured the Paris Olympics quota for the country after he topped the second ranking round match with a brilliant 24 out of 25 hits.It was an excellent effort from the Indian youngster, whose only senior medal at the world stage before ...

[ad_1] The Indian junior trap squad finished outside the podium in the Shooting World Championships.© AFPThe Indian junior trap squad finished outside the podium in the ISSF World Championship for shotgun on Thursday. Shapath Bharadwaj in the junior men and Bhavya Tripathi in the women's section registered best finishes among the seven Indian shooters on show.Shapath was 15th with a two-day qualifying round score of 111, while Bhayva finished 14th with a score of 103 in her Junior women's trap.PromotedTwo other Indians in the junior men's trap, Arya Vansh Tyagi and Shardul Vihan, finished 32nd and 37th with scores of 107 and 106 respectively.In the junior women's trap, Sabeera Haris shot 100 to be placed 19th, Preeti Rajak scored 98 to finish 22nd, while Adya Tripathi shot a score of 76 ...