Manu Bhaker won the second gold medal in the International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF) President’s Cup after Rahi Sarnobat won a silver in the women’s 25m pistol final on Tuesday. Tuesday was the last day of competition in the Polish city of Wrocaw. Bhaker’s second gold, which he won in the 25m rapid fire pistol mixed team event with Turkey’s Ozgur Verlik, meant the Indians won a total of five medals at the end of the coveted year. Manu had earlier partnered with Iran’s Jawad Forofi to win the 10m Air Pistol Mixed Team title on the second day of the competition.
Veteran Sarnobat, who has earned a reputation as a formidable final shooter, was again at her peak in the women’s 25m pistol final on Tuesday. She shot 3 and 4 in a row and jumped from fifth position initially to second after a fifth five-shot series.
She maintained that position from there and was three points behind gold-winning German Doreen Weinekamp, going into the 10th final series. She managed to score two hits for one hit by the German, which ended with 31—just two behind Weinekamp.
It was a classy ground that featured Rio Olympic champion Anna Korakaki of Greece and Tokyo 2020 bronze medalist Xiao Jiaruixuan of China. Manu Bhaker, the second Indian in the region, finished sixth with a score of 17.
But Manu was not denied that day, as she came back later pairing with Turkey’s Varlik to lead the 25m rapid fire pistol mixed team to a 9–7 victory over the Chinese/Estonian pair of Xiao and Peter Oleshk. took. The Indo-Turkish pair took a healthy 6-2 lead in the opening round but Xiao and Peter struggled to level the match at 6-6. Manu and Ozgur then went 8-6 ahead to level the final series 5-5 to secure ninth point and seal the deal.
Apart from Manu, two gold medals and Rahi ki silver On the final day, Saurabh Chaudhary won an individual silver and an individual bronze in the men’s 10m air pistol event, also won by Abhishek Verma.
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