Saurabh Chaudhary and Abhishek Verma settled for the silver and bronze, respectively, in men’s air pistol, as Christian Reitz dominated right through to capture the gold, in the President’s Cup shooting championship in Wroclaw, Poland.
The Indian duo had the satisfaction of going past the Olympic champion Javad Foroughi, but were unable to match the German Reitz who topped the qualification, semifinal before asserted himself in the four-men final, finishing 10 points ahead of Saurabh.
ALSO READ - Bhaker, Javed win air pistol mixed team gold
In women’s air pistol, qualification topper Manu Bhaker missed the final by one point as she finished third behind Mathilde Lamolle and Olena Kostevych in the semifinals. Olena and Mathilde went on to win the gold and silver respectively.
Comments
SHARE