ISSF World Cup: India finishes 3rd in Peru, Suruchi wins 3 golds
The Indian shooting team finished third in the overall standings as the Peru leg of the International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF) World Cup concluded on Monday, April 21. Australia clinched the final gold medal on offer in the mixed team trap event. Indian pairs Prithviraj Tondaiman/Pragati Dubey and Lakshay Sheoran/Neeru placed eighth and 12th, respectively, with qualification scores of 134 and 128 out of 150 targets.advertisementChina topped the medal table with four gold, three silver, and six bronze medals. The United States followed in second place, finishing with one silver and five fewer bronze medals than China. India wrapped up the tournament with a total of seven medals: two gold, four silver, and one bronze—won by Saurabh Chaudhary in the men's air pistol.Earlier in the day, Simranpreet Kaur Brar added to India's tally with a silver medal in the women's 25m pistol, securing the country's fourth silver and seventh medal overall in the tournament.
India will carry plenty of positives from the double-legged South American tour, which marked the beginning of the new international season. In the previous leg held in Argentina, India had finished second behind China with a haul of four gold, two silver, and two bronze medals.advertisement'A lot of young and talented shooters like Suruchi, Arya, and Bhavtegh participated in their first senior World Cups on this tour. Overall, it was a young squad, and the experience of traveling halfway across the world, adapting to unfamiliar conditions and ranges, and still performing at their best for India will serve them well in the future. The next LA Olympics will present similar challenges,' said Shri K. Sultan Singh, Secretary General of the National Rifle Association of India (NRAI).'Given the quality of competition, the squad, as they have consistently done over the years, performed splendidly. We heartily congratulate the entire squad, including our hard-working coaches and support staff, for once again flying the country's flag high on the global stage,' he added.
Total Finalists: 32Total Medals: 15 (6 Gold, 6 Silver, 3 Bronze)Medals on World Cup Debut: Suruchi, AryaFirst ISSF World Cup Medals: Chain Singh, Suruchi, SimranpreetFirst World Cup Finals: Shriyanka, Raiza, Suruchi, AryaIndian shooters reached 32 finals across individual and mixed-team events and returned with 15 medals, including six gold. The standout performer was 18-year-old Suruchi, who emerged as the most successful Indian athlete of the tour with three golds and one bronze.advertisementAlongside Chinese teenage rifle shooter Wang Zifei, Suruchi was one of the brightest stars across both legs of the South American tour.Arya Borse, another debutant, also shone, making it to three finals and winning two silver medals in the mixed team rifle event.Veterans Chain Singh and Simranpreet Kaur Brar earned their first individual World Cup medals, while Paris Olympians Shriyanka Sadangi and Raiza Dhillon gained valuable experience, reaching their first-ever individual World Cup finals.Other established names continued to impress:Rudrankksh Patil added one gold and two silvers.Vijayveer Sidhu claimed gold in rapid-fire pistol in Argentina.Sift Kaur Samra secured gold in 50m rifle 3 positions.Arjun Babuta took silver in men's air rifle in Peru.Esha Singh and Manu Bhaker added silvers in women's pistol events.Double Olympic medalist Manu Bhaker's silver in Lima marked her sixth individual World Cup medal.The most heartening highlight for Indian fans, however, was the return to form of Saurabh Chaudhary, former Youth Olympic and Asian Games champion, world record holder, and former world No. 1. He clinched his fifth mixed team World Cup gold—this time with debutant partner Suruchi—and earned his seventh individual World Cup medal as well.advertisement'It gives us immense pleasure to see the depth we've developed in the sport. Many accomplished international shooters didn't even travel on this tour, and yet we achieved these results. It's a clear sign that Indian shooting is moving in the right direction,' concluded Shri Sultan Singh.The Indian shooting contingent's next international assignment will be at the Shotgun World Cup in Nicosia, Cyprus, set to begin in the first week of May.Must Watch
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