Ganemat Sekhon reached her first title round of an International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF) World Cup Final (WCF), finishing fifth in the women's skeet at the Lusail Shooting range in Doha, Qatar
Ganemat Sekhon finished second at the end of day one of the qualifications in the women's skeet, raising hopes yet again, even as Hriday Hazarika and Elavenil Valarivan in the men's and women's air rifle registered two more seventh-place finishes after reaching the top eights, emulating Divy
A shoot-out amongst the top 15-ranked international shooters, the WCF aims to crown the Shooter of the Year in each of the 12 Olympic disciplines across the Rifle, Pistol and Shotgun categories.
Teenage Indian rifle shooter Nischal won a silver medal in the Women’s 50m Rifle 3 Positions (3P) at the International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF) World Cup Rifle/Pistol stage in Rio De Janeiro, Brazil, on Monday to give India a second medal on the final day of the tournament.
This is India's first medal in the tournament. The Rio event will be the last ISSF World Cup for rifles and pistol shooters in 2023 before the finals in Doha, Qatar, from November 18 to 27.
India concluded their Baku World Championship campaign with a sixth gold and three more bronze medals to bolster their tally to six gold and eight bronze medals, placing them second currently in the medal standings. Tiyana, Sakshi Suryavanshi and Kirandeep Kaur combined to win the team gold
The ISSF World Championship in 2023 serves as a qualifying event for the Olympics in Paris in 2024. The best four finishers (one from each country) in each of the 12 Olympic individual shooting events received a seat on their national teams, giving a total of 48 Olympic quotas up for grabs.
The Indian shooter emerged at the top of field of 50 shooters, scoring 577 points from 60 shots. South Korea's Gunhyeok Lee had to settle for silver with 574 points (17 X’s) while France's Kevin Chapon secured a bronze with 574 points (11 X’s), as per Olympics.com.
Earlier during the qualifying event, Akhil had secured a sixth-place finish with a score of 585 and made it to the eight-man final. Olympian Aishwary Pratap Singh Tomar secured a 13th-place finish in the qualifying round with 583 points while Niraj secured a 40th-position finish with 577 poi
The Indian, who had earlier in the day topped qualifying with a sizzling 634.5, shot 229.8 in the 24-shot eight-woman final to bow in third place at the end of 22-shots. China won gold and silver with Han Jiayu finishing with 251.4 and Wang Zhilin who ended with 250.2. 15-year-old Tilottama