Teenage sensations Manu Bhaker and Saurabh Chaudhary struck gold with their phenomenal performances in the 10m Air Pistol Mixed Team Event. However, the event didn’t have an Olympic quota.
The pair finished with a total score of 483.5, maintaining a margin of whopping 5.8 points over the Chinese pair of Ranxin Jiang and Bowen Zhang who finished second in the podium.
As a result, India finished the competition by confirming only one berth in the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, which Apurvi Chandela secured on the first day by finishing at the top of the podium in the Women’s 10m Air Rifle competition. Furthermore, she also broke the World Record in the process.
India finished at the top of the medal tally in the ISSF Shooting World Cup, winning three gold medals in the process. They are tied with the European heavyweight in shooting Hungary, who also struck three gold medals but walked away with three Olympic quotas as well.
China won the most number of medals in the tournament, clinching a staggering ten. However, it included only one gold medal but six silver medals. The next edition of the tournament will be held in Acapulco in Mexico where only shotgun events will take place.
