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The Hindu
5 hours ago
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- The Hindu
Arya-Arjun pair brings home mixed air rifle gold
Arya Borse and Arjun Babuta clinched the mixed air rifle gold by beating the Chinese pair of Wang Zifei and Sheng Lihao 17-7 in the shooting World Cup that concluded in Munich, Germany, on Saturday. The Chinese pair had shot a world record score of 635.9 in qualification, 0.7 point better than the Indian pair. Arya and Arjun stepped it up in the gold medal match for a spectacular finish. China topped the medals table with four gold, a silver and two bronze. India end their campaign at ISSF Shooting World Cup, Munich at 3rd spot with 4 medals, including 2 Gold! 🥇🥇 # — India_AllSports (@India_AllSports) June 14, 2025 The Chinese pair clinched the mixed air pistol gold also through Yao Qianxun and Hu Kai. The Indian duo of Manu Bhaker and Aditya Malra shot 577 and placed sixth, missing the medal match by two points. Suruchi Phogat, the women's air pistol gold medallist, missed a medal for the first time in six attempts. Suruchi and Varun Tomar shot 576 for 10th place. In three World Cups, the 19-year-old Suruchi has won four gold, and a bronze medal. It includes a hat-trick of gold in women's air pistol in Buenos Aires, Lima and Munich. India was third on the table with two gold and two bronze medals, behind Norway which won two gold, a silver and a bronze. The two bronze medals for India were won by Elavenil Valarivan and Sift Kaur Samra in women's air rifle and rifle 3-position events, respectively. The results: 10m air rifle: Mixed team: 1. India (Arya Borse, Arjun Babuta) 17 (635.2); 2. China (Wang Zifei, Sheng Lihao) 7 (635.9 WR); 3. Norway (Jeanette Duestad, Jon-Hermann Hegg) 16 (632.3); 4. USA (Sagen Maddalena, Peter Fiori) 14 (632.1); 6. India-2 (Elavenil Valarivan, Kiran Jadhav) 631.8. 10m air pistol: Mixed team: 1. China (Yao Qianxun, Hu Kai) 16 (585); 2. Armenia (Elmira Karapteyan, Benik Khlghatyan) 4 (580); 3. Germany (Doreen Venekamp, Christian Reitz) 17 (579); 4. Serbia (Zorana Arunovic, Damir Mikec) 13 (580); 6. India-2 (Manu Bhaker, Aditya Malra) 577; 10. India (Suruchi Phogat, Varun Tomar) 576.
Time of India
a day ago
- Sport
- Time of India
Shooting World Cup: Manu Bhaker falls in qualification; Suruchi Singh clinches 10m air pistol gold
Indian shooter Suruchi Singh secured a gold medal in the Women's 10m Air Pistol event at the ISSF Shooting World Cup in Munich on Friday, outscoring France's Camille Jedrzejewski by 0.2 points with a total of 241.9 points in a close final. Tired of too many ads? go ad free now China's Yao Qianxun claimed the bronze medal with 221.7 points. The 19-year-old's victory marked her fourth overall gold medal and completed a hat-trick of individual golds, following her successful performances in Buenos Aires and Lima in April. Suruchi, from Jhajjar in Haryana, dominated the final from the beginning with an opening round score of 52.1 and followed it with 101.5 in the second round. Despite briefly losing her lead during elimination, she recovered strongly in the final shots to claim victory. Poll Who do you think will be the next rising star in Indian shooting? Suruchi Singh Manu Bhaker Sift Kaur Samra In the qualification round, Suruchi scored 588 with 20 inner 10s to secure second place. Paris Olympic double bronze medallist missed qualification, finishing 25th with a score of 574-14x. Another Indian competitor, Palak, finished in 36th position with a score of 570-18x. Notably, Suruchi had previously defeated Manu in the Women's 10m Air Pistol event at the ISSF World Cup 2025 Lima in Peru. India's medal count at the competition reached three, placing them fourth in the standings. Olympian Elavenil Valarivan had earlier won bronze in the Women's 10m Air Rifle on the opening day. Sift Kaur Samra added another bronze medal for India in the Women's 50m Rifle 3 Positions event on Thursday, further expanding her international achievements. Bombay Sport Exchange Ep. 6: Harish Thawani on cricket's TV market and the watershed moments China currently leads the medal standings with five medals, including three gold and two bronze. Norway and Individual Neutral Athletes occupy the second and third positions respectively.
