Divyansh Singh Panwar breaks world record, silver lining for Sonam Maskar on debut

Cairo, January 29

Debutant Sonam Maskar bagged a silver medal for India in the women’s 10m air rifle event of the International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF) World Cup here.

Competing in her maiden World Cup, Sonam shot a 252.1 in the eight-woman final, finishing 0.9 points behind Germany’s Anna Janssen at the Egypt International Olympic City Shooting range late on Sunday. Poland’s Aneta Stankiewicz took home the bronze.

Earlier, Divyansh Singh Panwar had struck gold in the men’s event with a world record score in the final.

In other results, debutant Simranpreet Kaur Brar finished a creditable fifth in the women’s 25m pistol event. The teenager, competing at this level for the first time in individual events, had topped the qualification round with a score of 586 ahead of the likes of Germany’s reigning world champion Doreen Vennekamp and former Olympics champion Anna Korakaki of Greece.

India is now firmly on the top of the standings of the season-opening World Cup stage with two gold and three silver medals after three days of competition.