India won two more medals at the ISSF World Championships here on Sunday. The women’s 25m pistol team won the silver medal and the men’s 50m rifle team won the bronze medal, even as India ended its quest for the 2024 Paris Olympics quota two of the championships.
Their total is 12 gold, nine silver and 13 bronze.
The women’s 25m pistol team Rhythm Sangwan, Manu Bhaker and Abhidnya Ashok Patil qualified for the first eight stages for the first time by finishing sixth in the first qualifying stage where they totaled 873. Ukraine topped the stage with 880.
You then come second with a combined effort of 443 in the second leg with China leading with 444, setting up a gold medal clash with India.
However, China was too good for India and gave them no chance in the decider, winning 16-0.
In the men’s 3P, Aishwary Tomar, Swapnil Kusale and Niraj Kumar topped the first leg qualifiers with a combined score of 1324. But in the second leg, they finished fourth with a total of 873 and drew against the United States on penalties. for the bronze medal. . They claim that 17-15 is in their favor. Norway won gold and France silver.
In the men’s 25m fast-fire pistol, which has four quotas up for grabs for the Paris Olympics, India’s Vijayveer Sidhu fired 289 quick shots for a total of 583 to finish in 11th. Peter Florian of Germany took the eighth and final qualifier with a score of 584.
Olympic silver medalist Vijay Kumar shot 581 in his comeback championship to finish in 13th place. Anish, the third Indian in the group, came in at 28th with a score of 575.
In the mixed team 3P, Anjum Moudgil and Aishwary Pratap Singh Tomar finished 17th with a score of 873 and Sift Kaur Samra and Swapnil Kusale shot 866 to finish in 31st.
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