Saurabh Chaudhary clinches bronze medal at ISSF World Cup
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Osijek (Croatia), June 25: Adding another feather to his cap, Saurabh Chaudhary opened India's account at the ISSF World Cup with a bronze in the men's 10m air pistol event. However, the other Indian shooters did with expectations lying high on Manu Bhaker and Elavenil Valarivan did not make the cut at the event.
The 19-year-old Saurabh scored 220 in the final after qualifying with a score of 581. Compatriot Abhishek Verma finished fifth in the same event with a score of 179.3 after also shooting 581 in the qualifying.
Besides, Manu finished seventh in the women's 10m air pistol event with a score of 137.3 in the final, while Elavenil, along with two others, failed to make the finals of the women's 10m air rifle competition.
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Aishwary Pratap Singh Tomar finished seventh in the men's 10m air rifle final. He finished with a score of 628 in the qualification round and shot a total of 143.9 before being eliminated from the final. It should be noted that this is the final event of the Indian shooting team's final competitive outing before the Olympics in Tokyo.
The shooting team will be looking to find their rhythm through this event before the Olympics takes place in which stakes are large for them to win medals and bringing glory to India.