Shooting World Cup: Arya Borsse of India, Arjun Babuta Stan Olympic Champion from China; Clinic Gold at 10m Air Rifle Mixed Team Event | More sports news
Indian shooters Arya Borsse and Arjun Babuta won a gold medal at the ISSF World Cup on Saturday at the 10m Air Rifle Mixed Team event, in which Chinese Olympic and world champions Zefi Wang and Lihao Sheng commanded with 17–7 scores.The Indian pair qualified for the final by scoring 635.2 in merit, marginally behind 635.9 of the Chinese pair’s world record score.India’s fourth medal and second gold in the ongoing World Cup is in this victory, in its personal programs earlier this week after Sift Kur Samra and Suruchi Singh’s gold and bronze medal by Elavenil.Norway’s Zeenat Hague Dustad and John-Herman Heg won the bronze medal by defeating USA’s Sagen Madlena and Peter Matthew Fiori 16–14.Another Indian pair of Elvenil Walrivan and Ankush Jadhav finished sixth in merit with a score of 631.8.In the final, despite the initial lead, the Indian pair dominated the match when Arya shot 9.8. They maintained extraordinary stability, with only one shot below 10.5 in the next seven series, a enough gain of 13–3 after the eight series.Although the Chinese pair managed to win the next two series narrowly, Bors and Babuta sealed their victory in the final round. Arjun matched Sheng with the same 10.1s, while Arya performed better than Wang with 10.6 against 10.4.Earlier this year, Arya Borses won a silver medal at the same event at the World Cup in Lima, Peru, who was partnered with Rudranksh Patil.At the 10m Air Pistol Mixed Team event, the Indian couple showed mixed results. Manu Bhakar and Aditya Malra finished sixth with a total of 577, while Suruchi Singh and Varun Tomar finished tenth with 576.Gold -winning performance demonstrated the growing skills of the Indian team at international shooting competitions, especially against the established champion.
