ISSF World Cup: Indian women win bronze in 10m air pistol team event, men miss out in 10m air rifle

India won their second medal at the International Shooting Sport Federation World Cup in Osijek, Croatia, as the women’s 10m air pistol team beat Hungary 16-12 in the bronze medal match on Friday.

Against the Hungarian trio of Veronika Major, Sara Fabian and Miriam Jako, the Indians ran away to a 14-6 lead, winning seven of the first 10 series of three single shots per member per team.

The team with the highest three-shot aggregate is awarded two points, whereas in case of a tie, the points are split equally. The first to 16-points wins the match.

The Hungarians did come back strongly to make it 14-12, but the Indian women held their nerve admirably to get over the line.

Rahi Sarnobat, drafted into the 10m air team, Manu Bhaker and Yashaswini Deswal had come through two rounds of qualification earlier to make it to medal contention. They had topped round one on Thursday and then in round two, featuring the top eight teams of round one, missed the gold medal match by two points.

Germany, who eventually settled for silver to Bulgaria’s gold, shot a combined 575 out of 600 to outdo India who finished with 573. Bulgaria topped the round with 576.

Indians were involved in another tight medal encounter…

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