Dominant Arya-Arjun pair wins gold for India in 10m air rifle mixed team event
Borse and Babuta were in fine fettle when it mattered the most to win the top prize in the prestigious tournament, not giving the Chinese an inch.
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India's Arya Borse-Arjun Babuta beat Olympic champions to clinch gold at ISSF World Cup in Munich
Arya Borse and Arjun Babuta defeated China's reigning Olympic and world champion duo Zifei Wang and Lihao Sheng to win 10m air rifle mixed team gold medal at ISSF World Cup in Munich. read more Arya Borse and Arjun Babuta celebrate winning 10m air rifle mixed team gold at ISSF World Cup in Munich. Image: ISSF on X India's Arya Borse and Arjun Babuta dished out a thoroughly dominant performance and outplayed China's reigning Olympic and world champion duo Zifei Wang and Lihao Sheng 17-7 to win the gold medal in the 10m air rifle mixed team event of the ISSF World Cup in Munich on Saturday. Arya and Arjun were in fine fettle when it mattered the most to win the top prize in the prestigious tournament, not giving the Chinese an inch. STORY CONTINUES BELOW THIS AD The Indian duo entered the gold medal round after aggregating 635.2 in the qualifications, just .7 behind Wang and Sheng (635.9), which is also the qualifications world record. Arya had paired with Rudrankksh Patil to win the 10m air rifle mixed team silver in the World Cup in Lima, Peru, earlier this year. The other Indian pair in the event, Elavenil Valarivan and Ankush Jadhav finished sixth in the qualifications with 631.8.. Norway's Jeanette Hegg Duestad and Jon-Hermann Hegg bagged the bronze medal with a 16-14 victory over the UAS's Sagen Maddalena and Peter Matthew Fiori. This is India's fourth medal and second gold in the ongoing World Cup after Suruchi Singh's yellow mettle and the two bronze won by Sift Kaur Samra and Elavenil in their respective individual events earlier this week.. In the 10m air pistol mixed team event, the combo of Manu Bhaker and Aditya Malra ended sixth with a combined total of 577 in the qualifications, while the Suruchi Singh and Varun Tomar was placed 10th with 576. Unstoppable Borse-Babuta Taking aim on the concluding day of the tournament, Arjun (317.7) and Arya (317.5) shot a combined 635.2 to finish second behind Sheng and Wang, who topped the 58-team field with a world record (also junior) score of 635.9. In the final, Arya began with a 9.8 to give the Chinese pair an early lead (0-2), but in the next seven series of single shots, the Indians shot only one shot below 10.5 (a 10.2) to take a huge 13-3 lead after the eighth series. STORY CONTINUES BELOW THIS AD The top Chinese pair then managed to win the next two narrowly in the race to 16, but it was again business as usual from the 11th series, as Arya and Arjun fired a couple of 10.5 and 10.7s respectively, to get to match point. In the final 12th series, while Arjun cancelled out Sheng with identical 10.1s, Arya outgunned Wang 10.6-10.4, to give India a memorable gold medal.
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Time of India
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Arjun Babuta-Arya Borse pair wins 10m rifle mixed gold in ISSF World Cup
The Indian pair of Arya Borse and Arjun Babuta clinched the gold medal in the 10m Air Rifle Mixed Team event at the ISSF World Cup on Saturday. Pune: Paris Games participant Arjun Babuta and Arya Borse gave India one more gold at the ISSF World Cup in Munich on Saturday. The Indian pair won the top medal in the 10m air rifle mixed event. The gold was special as it came against Paris Games gold medallist Sheng Lihao and Zifei Wang of China. Go Beyond The Boundary with our YouTube channel. SUBSCRIBE NOW! The Indian team qualified second with a combined score of 635.2, while the Chinese shooters were first with a new qualifying World Record of 635.9. The Indians won 17-7 in the gold medal match. In the final, the Chinese took the lead by winning the first two points, but the Indian duo sprang into action and won four consecutive shots to take a lead of six points (8-2). Lobo Predicted It, Again: South Africa's Historic WTC Win vs Australia Throughout the final, Arjun and Arya never looked under pressure and sailed smoothly by hitting high 10s. In the mixed event, the total of both players' shots iscompared with the opponents. The pair with the highest total wins two points. Incase of a draw, both teams get one point each. Arjun, who had finished fourth in Paris, shot with Lihao, the eventual champion. However, the Indian said he never took the pressure of playing against his old nemesis. Quiz: Who's that IPL player? 'I have played so many finals against Sheng, and he has won all of them. He is a strong player, and I was aware of it during the match, but I didn't let it affect my game. by Taboola by Taboola Sponsored Links Sponsored Links Promoted Links Promoted Links You May Like Trade Bitcoin & Ethereum – No Wallet Needed! IC Markets Start Now Undo We tried to focus on our technique without getting bothered by the scores,' Arjun told TOI. Arjun couldn't enter the final in the individual category in Munich. 'I have got a new jacket and trousers and was having trouble adjusting with it during the individual match. I got it repaired, and I found it better today,' he said. Another Indian pair in the category, Elavenil Valarivan and Kiran Jadhav finished sixth with 631.8. Other Indian shooters fired a blank in the 10m air pistol mixed team event. Paris Games double medallist Manu Bhaker and Aditya Malra were sixth with 577 on board, while Suruchi Phogat's 100 per cent record was dented with a 10th place finish with Varun Tomar (576).
