India wins 3 gold medals at ISSF World Cup Finals

21 Nov 2019

India wins 3 gold medals at ISSF World Cup Finals

India wins 3 gold medals at ISSF World Cup FinalsIndia won 3 gold medals at the ISSF (International Shooting Sport Federation) World Cup Finals on Thursday.

17-year-old Manu Bhaker won gold in women's 10m pistol.

She also set a new junior world record in the process.
 	Manu shot 244.7 to win the gold.
 	Serbia’s Zorana Arunovic won the silver with 241.9, while Quian Wang of China bagged the bronze with 221.8.
 	Manu, with the win, has also confirmed her berth at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.

20-year-old Elavenil Valarivan also won a gold in the women's 10m air rifle event.

Elavenil shot a score of 250.8 to win the gold.
 	Taiwan’s Lin Ying-Shin won silver with 250.7 and Romania’s Laura-Georgeta Coman finished third with a score of 229.

Divyansh Panwar (17) won gold in men's 10m air rifle.

He shot 250.1 to win the gold.
 	Istvan Peni of Hungary won silver and Slovakia’s Patrik Jany took the bronze.

The ISSF World Cup Finals is being held at Putian in China.

Congratulations to all the winners!

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