Suruchi Phogat makes it a hat -trick of gold in women’s 10 meter air pistol in ISSF World Cup in Munich

Pune: At the age of 19, Suruchi Fogat is busy writing history and re -writing it. The Haryana shooter won another chapter in his career by winning a gold medal at the Women’s 10 meter air pistol at the ISSF World Cup in Munich. On Friday, he made it a hat-trick of a personal gold medal and took his senior international score to 5/5-five medals in five tournaments. She has become the first Indian to achieve this achievement. Suruchi made his international debut in the Buenos Aires World Cup in April. Then she participated in Lima and now the ongoing Munich edition. In the three individual matches played so far, he has won gold three times in 10m air pistol events. He also won a gold and bronze in the 10m air pistol mixed competition.In Munich, Suruchi finished second after shooting a score of equal to the national record of 588 (first shot by Manu Bhakar). In the final, when all his seven opponents shot below 10.1, Suruchi hit 10.7 to set a tone for his victory.

She was a pioneer until the 14th shot, but lost the first place for some shots. He then bounced back to the 23rd and 24th shots and took a gold with a margin of 0.2, as he shot 241.9. The teenager pushed Paris game silver (241.7) and Tokyo Games bronze medalist Renxin Jiang to bronze (221.7) to Paris’s Silver Zedrejvsky.“I am happy, but are not surprised by my victory. I think this is what we train to win the gold medal,” Suruchi said. Asked if there was any pressure on him after the first two successful versions of the World Cup, he said, “Luckily, I do not take pressure to win a medal.” I have people around me who try to keep me away from pressure. Whatever I do, it focuses on each shot because it will help me improve. I don’t think of the results, ”he said.Quiz: Who is that IPL player?Commonwealth Games Champion and now the head coach of the pistol team, Samaresh Jung, feels that this is the attitude that makes Suruchi such a force. “She is shooting brilliantly. Her technology is good but what is unique about her shooting is her attitude. I have noticed that nothing provokes him under gold. She thrives to win the top position on the podium and is working very well for her. I am not sure how, but need to protect him from unfair pressure and expectations from all the people around it, ”Jung said. Meanwhile, Paris Games Double Medalist Manu could not qualify for the final after finishing 25th with 574. Palak was at 36th position with 570. At the men’s 25m rapid fire pistol event, the three Indians failed to enter the 6-man final. Anish was the top shooter for India in the 18th place (581). Vijayveer Sidhu (572) and Ankur Goel (571) were 36th and 37th respectively