Apurvi-Deepak shoot mixed gold
Rio de Janeiro, September 2
Apurvi Chandela and Deepak Kumar won India their fourth gold medal at the ISSF World Cup here today. Apurvi, world No. 1 in women’s 10m air rifle, and Deepak won gold in the 10m air rifle mixed team event
The gold ensured an unprecedented top finish for India across all four ISSF World Cup stages this year, including the lone ISSF Junior World Cup.
Anjum Moudgil and Divyansh Singh Panwar, representing India 2, provided the icing on the cake with a bronze. Anjum and Panwar had won gold in the same event in the previous two World Cup editions.
Apurvi and Deepak blew away the Chinese pair of Yang Qian and Yu Haonan 16-6 in a one-sided final. India won eight of the 11 single-shot duels between the teams. After comfortably getting through Round 1 of qualification, Apurvi and Deepak topped the board after 20 individual shots in Round 2, featuring the top eight teams from the previous round.
Their total of 419.1 enabled them to get straight into the gold medal match. The Chinese pair came into the gold medal match with 418.7.
Anjum and Divyansh shot 418.0 to lie fourth and qualified for the bronze medal match against Hungary’s Eszter Meszaros and Peter Sidi, who shot 418.6. Anjum and Divyansh beat the Hungarians 16-10 to win the bronze medal.
India have won five gold, two silver and two bronze in the Rio World Cup. — PTI
Manu-Saurabh win all-Indian final in 10m pistol
Manu Bhaker and Saurabh Chaudhary won the 10m air pistol mixed team event final by beating compatriots Yashaswini Deswal and Abhishek Verma 17-15 in the ISSF Shooting World Cup. The duo have now won all the four ISSF World Cup mixed team air pistol events.
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