Indian pistol shooters win team gold in Para World Cup

New Delhi
India added a second gold medal to its tally in the Para Shooting World Cup with the mixed 10m air pistol standard (SH1) team clinching the top podium finish on Day 4. The team of Rudransh Khandelwal (364), Akash (346) and Sandeep Kumar (340) aggregated 1050 to finish ahead of South Korea (1037) and while China (1019). In the individual section, Rudransh had to settle for the silver medal. The two medals took Rudransh’s tally to four (one gold, three silver).

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