ISSF World Championship: Indian shooter Saurabh Chaudhary wins gold medal
Asian Games gold-medallist Saurabh Chaudhary shattered the world record to claim the junior 10m air pistol gold at the ISSF World Championships in Changwon on Thursday while senior shooters failed to impress yet again. Arjun Singh Cheema settled for a bronze in the same event while the Indian team took the silver, also propelled by Chaudhary's phenomenal individual performance. Here's more.
Saurabh Chaudhary shattered his own ISSF World Record
The 16-year-old Chaudhary, who won the Asiad gold last month, qualified third with a score of 581 before shooting down his own world record of ISSF Junior World Cup in June with a score of 245.5 in the final. Arjun Singh managed 218 once the field was pruned to eight. Korean Hojin Lim settled for the silver medal with a final score of 243.1.
The Indian team settled for silver medal
The Indian team of Chaudhary, Singh, and Anmol claimed the silver with a combined score of 1730. The gold was snared by the Korean team, which broke the world record with its total of 1732. Russia picked up the bronze with a score of 1711. Meanwhile, Asiad bronze-medallist Abhishek Verma qualified third for the 10m air pistol event for men.
NRAI will take the final call for Olympics selection
So far, Anjum Moudgil and Apurvi Chandela are the only Indian shooters to secure quota places for the Olympics by winning a silver in the women's 10m air rifle event. Though the two shooters have secured quotas, as per the stated policy, the National Rifle Association of India (NRAI) will take the final call on selection, based on the aggregate scores of shooters.
