Published 20:02 IST, November 22nd 2019
India clinch ISSF President’s Trophies to finish World Cup Final on a high
India’s Rifle and Pistol Shooting squad finished their engagements at the ISSF World Cup Final Rifle/Pistol on a high after clinching ISSF President’s Trophies.
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India’s Rifle and Pistol Shooting squ finished ir engments at ISSF World Cup Final Rifle/Pistol on a high, with ir athletes being part of both teams that won both President’s Trophies for 10m Air Pistol and Air Rifle Mixed Team competitions.
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Young Manu Bhaker shines once again
On concluding day on Friday in Putian, China, Manu Bhaker first paired with world number one Russian Artem Cherusov to get better of pair of India’s Saurabh Chaudhary and Olympic champion Anna Korakaki 17-13 in final.
It was n turn of Divyansh Singh Panwar to team up with Croatian legend Snjezana Pejcic, to win trophy in 10m Air Rifle Mixed team competition. Divyansh and Snjezana prevailed 16-14 over India’s Apurvi Chandela and D. Zhang.
It got even better, when Shahzar Rizvi also won bronze in 10m Air Pistol Mixed team competition. Both Manu and Divyansh h earlier won ir individual 10m Air competitions as well to ensure that India topped medals tally in Putian with a total of three gold medals.
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An outstanding year for Indian shooters
That mirrored India’s dominance throughout year in ISSF Rifle and Pistol World Cup sts, wherein a first, India topped all four of m. outstanding year for Indian shooting also ensured that three Indian shooters namely Saurabh Chaudhary in Men’s 10m Air Pistol, Elavenil Valarivan in Women’s 10m Air Rifle and Divyansh Singh Panwar in Men’s 10m Air Rifle, finished on top of 2019 ISSF rankings. Mixed Team events were a new format with competitors from different countries and as such medals were t counted in final tally.
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19:28 IST, November 22nd 2019