File photo of Indian shooter Saurabh Chaudhary.
Highlight
- The bronze in this event was won by Artem Chernausov of Russia.
- He topped the final stage relay 1 with a score of 38, reaching the medal match.
Indian shooter Saurabh Choudhary opened the country’s account of the year’s first ISSF World Cup here on Tuesday with a gold medal in the men’s 10m air pistol event.
The Asian Games gold medalist scored 16 points to stay ahead of Germany’s Michael Schwald (6) in the gold medal competition.
The bronze in the event was won by Russia’s Artem Chernausov, whose country’s flag was removed due to its involvement in the ongoing conflict in Ukraine.
19-year-old Saurabh, an Olympian who also has a Youth Olympic gold medal to his name, was third in the men’s 10m air pistol qualification stage with a total of 584 points, finishing as one of the top eight shooters. Gone. ,
He topped the final stage Relay 1 with a score of 38, reaching the medal match, which was contested by the last four shooters.
There he again topped with a score of 42.5.
Esha Singh, Shree Nivetha and Ruchita Vinarkar are representing India in the women’s 10m Air Pistol event.
More than 500 shooters from 60 countries are taking part in the Cairo World Cup, which has 20 medal sets.
(PTI reports)