Shooting: Indian troika clinches team Gold in men’s 50m pistol

New Delhi, November 03
The Indian troika of Ravinder Singh, Saurabh Chaudhary and Amanpreet Singh clinched the team gold in the men’s 50 metre pistol competition of the ongoing ISSF World Championships in Doha today.

Ravinder also won the silver medal in the individual competition of the shooting event that is not on the Olympic roster. Indian trio of Elavenil Valarivan, Sonam Uttam Maskar, and Shambhavi Shravan Kshirsagar bagged the silver medal in the women’s 10 metre air rifle team event.

Ravinder was India’s top scorer with 559 points. Saurabh, a multiple-time World Cup gold-medallist, scored 551, while Amanpreet added 549 to the tally, the Indian combined score of 1659. China’s Zhang Bingchen, Lyu Junyi and Feng Linlang totalled 1648 for the silver medal, five points clear of the bronze-winning Korean combination of Hong Suhyeon, Choe Boram and So Seung Seob. In the individual event, the gold went to Russia’s Anton Aristarkhov, who shot 561. Roumania’ Luca Joldea claimed the bronze.

India are currently placed second in the table with one gold and two silvers. China are at the top with five medals, including three golds.