ISSF World Cup: Gold rush continues for India shooters

The gold rush continued for Indian shooters at the ISSF World Cup on Tuesday as Ganemat Sekhon and Angad Vir Singh Bajwa claimed the skeet mixed team top honours hereGanemat 20 and Angad 25 who had topped the qualification with a score of 141 produced another good show to beat the Kazakh pair of Olga Panarina and Alexandr Yechshenko 3329 in the gold medal showdown It was the only final lined up for the dayWith this tabletopper Indiarsquos gold haul at the ongoing event went up to seven The hosts have also won four silvers and as many bronze medals for a total of 15 medals so far in the tournamentBronze medal missAnother Indian pair of Parinaaz Dhaliwal and Mairaj Ahmad Khan however missed the bronze medal by a whisker at the Dr Karni Singh Shooting Range on TuesdayQatarrsquos Reem A Sharshani and Rashid Hamad claimed the bronze medal with a score of 32 against the Indian teamrsquos 31 The duo had produced a perfect score in the final four shots even as Dhaliwal 19 crumbled under pressure and missed a shot to miss out on a third place finishIn the gold medal match Angad World No 62 looked in fine form as he produced a nearperfect show missing just one out of his 20 shots even as Ganemat stumbled six times It was a nailbiting showdown as India and Kazakhstan were level at 1616 after the first set of 20 targetsGanemat got her act together in the second half producing perfect next four shots and even though Angad missed one Olga and Alexander both missed two each to give India a 2320 leadIn the final four shots Angad once again produced a confident performance and even though Ganemat missed her last shot it didnrsquot matter as the Kazakhs were guilty of missing threeIt was the Ganematrsquos third medal in the ongoing tournament having claimed a silver along with Parinaaz Dhaliwal and Karttiki Singh Shaktawat in the womenrsquos skeet final on MondayGanemat 20 had won the countryrsquos firstever ISSF World Cup medal in the womenrsquos skeet event when she bagged a bronze on the third competition dayFor Angad it was his second gold after having claimed the yellow metal along with Gurjoat Khangura and Mairaj Ahmad Khan in the menrsquos skeet final on MondayStupendous formIndiarsquos youngsters have also been in stupendous form in the tournament and won the mixed team gold medals in both the 10m air pistol and 10m air rifle events on Monday While Saurabh Chaudhary and Manu Bhaker netted the 10m air pistol mixed team gold Divyansh Singh Panwar and Elavenil Valarivan claimed the top finish in the 10m mixed air rifle eventIndian men won the skeet team event while the women settled for silverGanemat started shooting on the insistence of her father Amrinder Singh Sekhon in 2015 and soon completed a hattrick of silver medals in the senior National Shooting Championship in 2018 at JaipurIn the selection trials held at KSSR in January Sekhon had topped qualifying with a score of 120 which was a huge six points ahead of the second place Ganemat also competed in the 2018 Asian Games in Indonesia where she finished 10thIn the other events of the day Sanjeev Rajput qualified for the finals of the menrsquos 50m Rifle 3 Positions event with a score of 1172 to top the charts Infact all three Indians made it to the final scheduled for today morningPara shooter Narwal wins gold sets recordPromising Manish Narwal 19 shattered the world record en route clinching the gold in the P4 mixed 50m pistol SH1 event on the penultimate day of the 2021 Para Shooting World Cup here on Tuesday This was Indiarsquos second gold medal in the event after Singhraj claimed the yellow metal in P1 menrsquos 10m air pistol SH1 event Narwal the 2019 World Championship bronze medallist overcame a strong field that had Paralympic and world champions including Iranian Sareh Javanmardi and Ukrainersquos Oleksii Denusiuk to finish with 2291 points enough to break the previous world record of Serbiarsquos Rastko Jokic 2286This 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