Manu Bhaker outgunned on-the-comeback trail local favourite Chinki Yadav 31-29 in the medal match to clinch the women's 25m pistol title. Rhythm Sangwan won bronze through a shoot-off with Neha. Rhythm had topped the qualifying stage with a 583 ahead of Manu (580), with Chinki qualifying six
The two gold medals put India on top of the medals tally at the ISSF World Cup for rifle and pistol shooters. Varun Tomar also won the bronze medal in the men's 10m air pistol event on Sunday
Olympic silver medalist Vijay Kumar from Himachal Pradesh won the national title for men's 25 m centre fire pistol with a score of 583. Anish Bhanwala of Haryana and Indian Army's Gurpreet Singh had 582 points each and were the other two on the podium
Rhythm Sangwan and Manu Bhaker also qualified for the top eight ranking rounds in the individual competitions of both events. Rhythm shot 588 to top both the qualifications while Manu qualified seventh in the women's individual and fourth in the juniors with a score of 577.
With four gold medals and one silver each by Esha Singh and Palak, the Indian shooting contingent leads the Asian Airgun Championship table with 34 medals, out of which 22 are gold, eight silver and four bronze.
On Sunday, the Women's 25m Pistol Team won a silver and the Men's 50m Rifle 3 Positions (3P) team won a bronze, even as India ended their Paris 2024 Olympics quota quest at two from the championship. Their tally now stands at 12 gold, nine silver and 13 bronze medals