Shift Kaur Samra, Rudranksh Balasaheb Patil and Vijayveer Sidhu riding a gold medal for names, and an emerging stars in Suruchi Phogat, Indian shooting team Buenos Aires, finished second in the first ISSF World Cup in Argentina.
In the first day by the mixed team Air Pistol pair of Suruchi and Saurabh Chaudhary, with the help of bronze with four gold, two silver and two bronze medals on Thursday, they were placed right behind China, which ended at the top of the standing with five gold, three silver and three bronze medals.
The main attraction of India’s performance was SIFFT (50m Rifle 3 P), Rudrakak (10m Air Rifle Men), Suruchi (10m Air Pistol Women) and Vijayveer (25m rapid-fire pistol men) raised gold. Vijayveer, in fact, became the first Indian to win the ISSF World Cup Gold at the 25m Rapid Fire Pistol event. Kishori Suruchi’s strong victory in a top area was also a good performance, which continued his good performances this year.
Four are simultaneously average at just 21 years of age and two of them and Vijayveer are already Olympians.
Silver was also a significant result in women’s 25m pistol by 20 -year -old Isha Singh. Chen Singh, an Asian sports medal winner in men’s 3p for over a decade, won his first individual ISSF World Cup medal, as well as East Asian Sports and Youth Olympic Games Champion Saurabh Chaudhary, Saurabh Chaudhary, after two years of interval, was making a comeback after winning a mixed team medal for the ISSF World Cup medal. After his sensational run in Paris, Manu Bhakar, in National Colors, came close to the medal in the mixed team event, and reached the final in 25 meters pistol.
The squads have now moved to Lima in Peru where the second South American legs and the joint ISSF Shooting World Cup platform will be seen in the second phase of the World Cup forum to see the competitions starting from April 15, 2025.
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