Xtra Time Web Desk: Yashaswini Deswal won India her first gold medal of the on going International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF) World Cup Rifle/Pistol/Shotgun stage being held in New Delhi’s Dr. Karni Singh Shooting range, when she beat compatriot Manu Bhaker in the final of the Women’s 10M Air Pistol competition on Saturday. Victoria Chaikha of Belarus won the bronze.
India won three more medals on the day with Divyansh Singh Panwar winning bronze in the Men’s 10M Air Rifle and Saurabh Chaudhary and Abhishek Verma winning silver and bronze respectively in the Men’s 10M Air Pistol.
In the Women’s 10M Air Pistol, Yashaswini not only topped the qualification round with a score of 579, but also led from the start in the final to win her second ISSF World Cup gold. She had won gold in the Rio World Cup back in 2019. She shot 238.8 while Manu shot 236.7 in a comparatively low-scoring final.
Earlier in the day, world number one Divyansh Singh Panwar won India her first medal of the event, when he overcame a slow start to finish with 228.1 to finish third. American Lucas Kozeniesky won gold while Hungarian super-shot Istvan Peni won silver. Arjun Babuta, the second Indian in the field, finished fifth.