Indian men bag 10m air pistol team bronze at ISSF World Championship

The team, comprising Shiva Narwal (579 points), Sarabjot Singh (578) and Arjun Singh Cheema (577) clinched the bronze with an aggregate score of 1734.

Shiva Narwal, Sarabjot Singh and Arjun Singh Cheema with the air pistol bronze medal in the World Championship in Azerbaijan on Thursday. | Photo Credit: Special arrangement

The Indian squad warmed up with the men’s air pistol team bronze medal in the World Championship shooting in Baku, Azerbaijan, on Thursday.

Shiva Narwal, Sarabjot Singh and Arjun Singh Cheema were far from making the individual final of top-8 but together got the medal behind China and Germany.

In women’s air pistol also, it was hard for the Indian shooters Esha Singh, Palak Gulia and Divya TS as they placed 32nd, 40th and 66th in a strong field of 118 shooters. As a team, they placed 11th.

In skeet, Anant Jeet Singh Naruka shot 48 in two rounds, and found himself in the 45th spot, as there were 10 with perfect 50 and 29 more with 49.

Angad Vir Singh Bajwa and Gurjot Khangura had shot 47 each.

In women’s skeet, in which three rounds were shot, Parinaaz Dhaliwal was the best among the Indians with 71. Ganemat Sekhon and Darshna Rathore followed with 70 and 69 respectively.

The results

Men: 1. Zhang Bowen (Chn_ 244.3 (587); 2. Damir Mikec (Srb) 240.8 (583); 3. Kiril Kirov (Bul) 215.7 (582); 17. Shiva Narwal 579; 18. Sarabjot Singh 578; 26. Arjun Singh Cheema 577. Team: 1. China 1749; 2. Germany 1743; 3. India 1734.

Women: 1. Jiang Ranxin (Chn) 239.8 (581); 2. Anna Korakaki (Gre) 238.3 (584); 3. Li Xue (Chn) 218.9 (578); 32. Essha Singh 572; 40. Palak Gulia 570; 66. Divya TS 566. Team: 1. China 1728; 2. Hungary 1726; 3. Iran 1724; 11. India 1708.