Shooters Chinki Yadav, Manu Bhaker, Rahi Sarnobat clinch team gold in women’s 25m pistol event; country’s overall medal tally rises to 21
India’s pistol shooters Manu Bhaker (left), Rahi Sarnobat and Chinki Yadav (right) with their gold medals
The Indian juggernaut remained unstoppable at the ISSF shooting World Cup with the country’s women shooters grabbing the spotlight by clinching the 25m pistol team gold medal following a silver in the 50m rifle 3 positions team event here on Thursday.
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The seventh competition day was also marred by the Hungarian team’s pull out from the men’s rifle 3 position final-against India-after a dispute with its seasoned shooter Peter Sidi over a bipod that was attached to his rifle, leading to a postponement of the event to Friday.
Hungarian team disqualified
The Hungarian team for the particular event has been disqualified from the tournament due to “unsporting behaviour”. There was positive news for India after that unprecedented act, as the triumvirate of Chinki Yadav, Manu Bhaker and Rahi Sarnobat shot a total of 17 to beat Poland’s Joanna Iwona Wawrzonowska, Julita Borek and Agnieszka Korejwo, who managed to score 7.
“In individual competitions if we make mistakes, we are losing the points, nobody else. But here, we feel a little more responsible. It is very different from qualification, it is hit or miss here, but, in qualification, every shot counts in a different way,” Sarnobat said. Bhaker added, “I take everything as practice for my main match. It’s not like a test event or anything, it’s just that we have to perform so we have to be at our best. I consider it the same thing, just the name has been changed.” The team gold came only a day after Chinki, Bhaker and Sarnobat swept the individual final by winning all the medals on offer on Wednesday.
Silver lining
Earlier, India’s Anjum Moudgil, Shreya Saksena and Gaayathri Nithyanadam claimed the silver medal in the 50m rifle 3 positions team event. The Indian rifle team shot 43 in the gold medal showdown to finish behind the Polish team, which scored 47 to grab the top prize.
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