Young <a href="https://www.mid-day.com/sports/other-sports/article/badshah-owned-mumbai-khiladis-ultimate-kho-kho-team-to-be-coached-by-rajendra-sapte-23235517" target="_blank" rel="none noopener">Indian</a> shooter <a href="https://www.mid-day.com/search/babuta-all" target="_blank" rel="none noopener">Arjun Babuta</a> won the men&rsquo;s 10m Air Rifle event to clinch the country&rsquo;s maiden gold medal at the ongoing ISSF World Cup here on Monday.
In a tense gold medal clash, Arjun humbled Tokyo Olympics silver medallist Lucas Kozeniesky with a rather one-sided 17-9 effort.
The 23-year-old from Punjab, who has been representing India since 2016, had earlier topped the ranking match with 261.1 points to qualify for the gold medal clash.
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This is Arjun&rsquo;s maiden gold for the senior side. He had bagged the yellow metal at the 2016 Junior World Cup in Gabala, <a href="https://www.mid-day.com/search/Azerbaijan-all" target="_blank" rel="none noopener">Azerbaijan</a>.
The other Indian in the fray, Parth Makhija, who also qualified for the ranking event following an impressive show on Sunday, finished fourth with a score of 258.1, behind 33-year-old Israeli shooter Sergey Richter, who scored 259.9.
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In a tense gold medal clash, Arjun humbled Tokyo Olympics silver medallist Lucas Kozeniesky with a rather one-sided 17-9 effort

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