Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh)[India], March 26 (ANI): Sift Kaur Samra gained her first particular person world cup medal even because the Chinese pulled off a close to sweep, profitable eight of the ten gold medals on provide on the International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF) World Cup Rifle/Pistol Bhopal, which concluded on the MP State Shooting Academy vary right here within the metropolis.
Sift, a medical pupil and the reigning nationwide champion within the girls’s 50m rifle 3 positions (3P), gained bronze within the occasion, when she shot 403.9 within the prime -eight rating spherical. China but once more gained each the golds on provide within the day.
In the ladies’s 3P, the primary medal occasion of the day, China’s Zhang Qiongyue defeated Aneta Brabcova of the Czech Republic 16-8 within the gold medal conflict. Earlier within the day, Zhang had topped qualification with a rating of 594 in addition to the rating spherical with a rating of 414.7. Aneta got here second within the rating spherical with 411.3, after qualifying in sixth place with a rating of 586. Sift shot a creditable 588 in qualification to complete second behind Zhang.
Sift’s medal was India’s seventh of the competitors they usually finish the primary ever ISSF world cup stage held outdoors New Delhi with a tally of 1 gold (gained by Sarabjot Singh within the males’s 10m air pistol), one silver and 5 bronze medals.
Manini Kaushik missed out narrowly in qualification, taking pictures 584 to complete ninth whereas Anjum Moudgil shot 583 to complete thirteenth total. Two different Indians within the area, Shriyanka Sadangi and Ashi Chouksey who have been taking part in for rating factors solely, shot scores of 582 and 581 respectively.
The second occasion, the boys’s 25m fast hearth pistol (RFP), had a star-studded area which included the reigning Olympic champion Jean Quiquampoix of France and the Rio Olympic champion Christian Reitz of Germany. Both crossed the qualification hurdle however solely Christian medalled, profitable bronze. China’s Zhang Jueming shot 35 within the 40-shot eight-series medal match to say gold, whereas Frenchman Clement Bessaguet, a Tokyo Olympic finalist and the Cairo worlds silver medallist, gained silver with 34 hits. Christian was third with 21 hits.
India’s Vijayveer Sidhu got here closest to qualifying for the rating spherical matches amongst Indians, taking pictures 581 to complete ninth. Anish Bhanwala shot 581 to complete tenth whereas Ankur Goel was additional again in 14th with 574. Bhavesh Shekhawat shot 578 and Mandeep Singh 575 whereas taking part in for rating factors solely.
China ended the competitors with eight golds, two silver and two bronze medals to prime the competitors whereas India have been second and Germany third with one gold, one silver and one bronze every. (ANI)