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Shooter Suruchi defends Munich gold

MillenniumPost 1 week ago

Munich: It was double delight for India in the ISSF World Cup here on Friday as Suruchi Inder Singh struck gold and Esha Singh won silver in the women's 10m air pistol, helping the country rise to the top of the medal tally.

Suruchi shot 242.1 to defend the gold she won last year at the Olympic Shooting range, while her senior teammate Esha shot 241.2 to settle for silver. Korean Choo Gaeun won bronze. India now have two gold and one silver in the year's second ISSF World Cup leg, with the two mixed events in rifle and pistol left to be played on Saturday.

Earlier in the day, the duo just about made the final, claiming the last two qualification spots. Both shot 578, pipping the reigning Olympics champion Oh Yejin by a point. "I don't have any pressure, anytime," said Suruchi, after claiming a fourth World Cup and fifth ISSF gold in two years. In two men's events on the roster, India missed out, one in very unfortunate circumstances. In the men's 50m rifle 3 positions (3P), Aishwary Pratap Singh Tomar shot a 592 to qualify in sixth place, but was disqualified after his weapon was deemed to have discrepancies in a random check. agencies

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