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The International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF) World Cup finals will see the top 14 shooters take on the World Championship medallists and the defending champion in each of the events
The 10m air pistol mixed team combination of Manu Bhaker and Saurabh Chaudhary defeated the other Indian pair of Abhishek Verma and Yashaswini Singh Deswal 17-15 in the final. India ended the Shooting World Cup with five golds, two silvers and two bronzes.
Some of the finals of rifle and pistol events in Tokyo 2020 Olympics will be held on July 25 and 26. With a strong team, India can hope to win medals from the shooting range
In her debut year at the senior level, the 20-year-old Elavenil Valarivan shot 251.7 in the 10m air rifle competition finals, leaving behind Seonaid McIntosh of Britain, who settled for silver with an effort of 250.6 on Wednesday (August 28).
Selection Committee for Sports Awards 2019 nominated names of Bajrang Punia (wrestling) and Deepa Malik (para-athletics) for the prestigious Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna and 19 payers including cricketer Ravindra Jadeja and athlete Mohammed Anas Yahiya for the Arjuna Award
Anjum Moudgil had earlier won the Women’s 10m Air Rifle gold on day one of the ongoing XII Sardar Sajjan Singh Sethi Memorial Masters Shooting Competition
World number eight Anjum Moudgil, who has already won a Tokyo 2020 Olympic quota in the event, shot 253.9 in the finals, a full point ahead of India teammate and world number one Apurvi Chandela's mark of 252.9, set at the New Delhi World Cup stage earlier this year
India won a whopping 227 international medals in July but how many of those will translate into an Olympic gold, silver or bronze in Tokyo 2020? The sports ministry feels India's best chance will be in Paris 2024 and Los Angeles 2028 Olympics
