India's Divya and Sarabjot win mixed team pistol gold at Baku World Cup

Indias Divya TS and Sarabjot Singh emerged thirdtime lucky as a pair winning gold in the 10m air pistol mixed team event of the ISSF World Cup here on ThursdayShooting on competition day two the Indian pair who had finished fifth in two earlier World Cup stages in Cairo and Bhopal respectively broke through with a fine 581 to top the 55team qualification assuring them of a medal and a spot in the gold medal matchUp against Serbian legends Damir Mikec and Zorana Arunovic in the most important match the Indians held their own to pull off a nervewracking 1614 win and finish top of the podiumAlso ReadISSF World Cup Varun Tomar wins 10m air pistol bronze opens Indias account in CairoIt was a second ISSF World Cup gold for Sarabjot in backtoback tournaments having won the individual air pistol in Bhopal in March while for Divya it was a first senior medal at this level Ismail Keles and Simal Yilmaz of Turkey won bronzeIn qualification Divya and Sarabjot were detailed in the second relay after Indias second pair Esha Singh and Varun Tomar had shot a combined 578 in the first placing them third provisionallyAfter Divya and Sarabjots relay however they finished fifth overall missing out on a shot at bronze by a point Three pairs in fact finished on the same score of 581 but Divya and Sarabjot were classified top with 24 inner10s on their cardDamir and Zorana were second with 19 inner10s while the Turkish player were third with 16 inner10s to their nameThe Indians began the final with two identical 105s in the first series of single shots to take a 20 lead However 13 series later in which there were two tied series as well where both men and both women shot identical shots the two teams stood tied at 1414With the 15th winner takes all series on the line Sarabjot came up with the goods to fire a 106 while Divya backed him up with a 99 However even though Damir shot a 103 Zorana faltered with an 86 as the Indians pulled off a famous victoryChina 12 in the air rifle mixed teamIt was all China in the first medal event of the day the 10m air rifle mixed team Huang Yuting and Sheng Lihao defeated compatriots Wang Zhilin and Yang Haoran in what was the first 1614 gold medal match scoreline of the day Czech Republic won bronze as both Indian pairs in the event could not make it to the medal roundsWhile Tilottama Sen and Hriday Hazarika shot a combined 6276 for a 17th place finish Ramita and Rudrankksh Patil were further down in 28th having shot a score of 6263India in second placeIndia are placed second in the medal tally with one gold and a bronze medal as China move to the top with one gold and a silver to their name so far There are six more gold medals to be decided over the next three days of competitionThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever