Young shooters opened India’s medal account with gold each in the 10m Air Rifle Mixed and 10m Air Pistol Mixed Team events on the third day of the competitions at the ISSF World Cup on Thursday.
Manu Bhaker and Saurabh Chaudhary clinched gold in the 10m Air Pistol Mixed team event after Anjum Moudgil and Divyansh Singh Panwar opened the country’s gold account in the 10m Air Rifle Mixed Team event.
Jiang Ranxin and Pang Wei of China was ousted by Manu Bhaker and Saurabh Chaudhary for 16-6 in the final round which was held in the new format wherein top two teams battled for the yellow metal.
The Indian pair who had qualified for the finals in the fifth spot with an aggregate of 482 points won their first six series and excelled the final round even before their opponents managed to open their account.
Anjum Moudgil and Divyansh Singh Panwar earlier in the same day had to fight hard the battle to overcome their Chinese opponents Liu Ruxuan and Yang Haoran 17-15 in the 10m Air Rifle Mixed Team final.
