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Shooting World C'ships: Indian men's 10m rifle team wins gold; bronze for women

The Indian men's team defeated the team from China 16-10 in the final to be crowned the World Champions.

Shooting World Cships: Indian mens 10m rifle team wins gold; bronze for women
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The Indian men's 10m air rifle team after winning gold at the 2022 ISSF Shooting World Championships (Source: NRAI)

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The Bridge Desk

Updated: 17 Oct 2022 5:57 AM GMT

The Indian men's 10m air rifle team of Rudrankksh Patil, Arjun Babuta, and Kiran Jadhav bagged the gold medal at the ongoing ISSF World Shooting Championships in Cairo, Egypt on Sunday.

The Indians defeated the team from China 16-10 in the final to be crowned the World Champions. This was India's fifth gold medal at this edition of World Championships and second in the senior section after Rudrankksh Patil's individual men's 10m air rifle gold.


Having reached the gold medal match after finishing second in the qualification stage 2 with a score of 628.5 behind China, the Indian's completely asserted dominance in the final. The Indian trio raced to a 14-2 lead in the gold medal match in no-time, before the Chinese shooters hit back winning four series of shots back to back and reduced their deficit to 14-10.

Just when it looked like the Indians might mess this up, Patil, Babuta, and Jadhav regrouped to win the next series and bag the gold medal with a score of 16-10.

Indian women's rifle team wins bronze

On the other hand, the Indian women's 10m air rifle team of Mehuli Ghosh, Elavenil Valarivan and Meghana Sajjanar won the bronze medal after a 17-11 win over Germany in a much closely fought match.

The Indian trio had reached the bronze medal match after finishing third in the qualification stage 2 with a score of exactly 630. They had earlier finished second in the qualification stage 1 with a score of 947 - just 0.1 behind leader's China.

Silver for women's pistol team

The Indian women's pistol team of Yuvika Tomar, Rhythm Sangwan and Palak bagged the silver medal after going down 8-16 to China in the final. The Indians had finished second best to the Chinese in the qualification stage 2 as well with a score of 571.



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