Saurabh wins World Cup bronze on return, Varun fourth
Apr 15, 2025 11:39 PM IST
Saurabh Chaudhary gained bronze within the 10m air pistol on the ISSF World Cup in Lima, whereas cousin Varun Tomar completed fourth.
New Delhi: Younger 10m air pistol shooter Saurabh Chaudhary, again within the nationwide group after nearly two years, marked his regular rise with a bronze medal whereas his cousin Varun Tomar completed fourth within the last on the primary competitors day of the ISSF Taking pictures World Cup in Lima, Peru on Tuesday.
Saurabh, 22, nonetheless a way off the nerveless shooter that he was a couple of seasons in the past, shot 219.1 to complete behind China’s Kai Hu (246.4) and Brazil’s Felipe Almeida Wu (241) within the eight-man discipline that additionally featured China’s world No.1 and Paris Video games gold medallist Yu Xie. His final particular person World Cup medal was on the Cairo World Cup in 2022 the place he had gained gold.
Saurabh, who was second after the primary competitors sequence, slipped to fifth place in Collection 3 and 4 however a ten.2 and 10.6 within the subsequent sequence pushed him to the second spot. Regardless of not with the ability to hit inner-10s, Saurabh did simply sufficient to maintain his place within the prime three and ended the second World Cup of the 12 months with a medal. Saurabh gained the combined group bronze with Suruchi Phogat on the World Cup in Buenos Aires final week.
Paris Olympian Tomar slipped out of medal competition after 16 pictures following extraordinary pictures of 9.1 and 9.7. China’s 23-year-old Kai Hu stole the present together with his constant capturing, taking the highest spot after the primary sequence of 10 pictures and holding it until the top. Coming off a gold medal from the Buenos Aires World Cup, Hu missed the world document (246.5) by 0.1 level, after a sub-par 9.3, his penultimate hit of the competition.
Indian shooters gained three medals ultimately 12 months’s Paris Olympics, all bronze.
