India added two more medals to their tally after picking up a silver and bronze in Pistol and Rifle mixed team events while China won both the gold medals on competition Day-2 of the ongoing ISSF World Cup at the M.P. Shooting Academy Range, here on Thursday.
In the first competition of the day, reigning men’s 10m Air Rifle world champion Rudrankksh Patil and R. Narmada Nithin won bronze in the 10m Air Rifle Mixed Team competition while in the day’s second event, Varun Tomar and Rhythm Sangwan won silver to bolster India’s medal haul to one gold, one silver, and two bronze medals.
China, on the other hand, is leading the standings with three gold and two bronze medals, with Azerbaijan, Germany, and Hungary winning a silver medal each thus far.
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In the day’s first medal event, the 10m Air Rifle Mixed Team, the Indian duo of Rudrankksh and Narmada shot a combined 632 in qualification to finish third and thereby qualify for the bronze medal match against China’s Zhang Qiongyue and Yu Haonan, who finished fourth in the 19-strong field with the same combined score.
In the bronze medal match, both Rudrankksh and Narmada were in their element, presenting a solid grouping to beat the Chinese pair 16-8 in what was a much closer match than the scoreline suggests.
Both the pairs did not shoot a single shot below the 10-mark in what was shooting of the highest order. The high point came in the sixth series when both Rudrankksh and Narmada shot perfect 10.9s.
“There was pressure obviously, but then we had a really good match- the competition was so good and we quite enjoyed it,” said Narmada after the match.
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