Alben was also the first Indian who won a medal in a cycling world championship. He had clinched a silver medal in the year 2018 after finishing behind world championships medallist Germany's Marc Jurczyk and France's Sebastien Vigier.
The tournament in Almaty is the penultimate stage of the ISSF World Cup for shotgun shooters. The final stage will take place in Lonato, Italy, before the ISSF World Championships in Doha in November.
Due to a knee injury, he suffered in the quarter-finals, Hussamuddin had to give a walkover and settle for bronze in his debut World Championships campaign
Indian badminton player Kidambi Srikanth, who has been struggling to find his form of late, has roped in Indonesia's Wiempie Mahardi as a personal coach as he sets his eye on the Paris 2024 Olympics.
Rhythm Sangwan finished third in the final with a score of 219.1, behind Olympic champion Anna Korakaki of Greece and gold medalist Olena Kostevych of Ukraine from the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens. It was Rhythm Sangwan's first individual senior medal at the World Cup of Shooting.
The 22-member Indian squad have their full quota of three medal contenders in each event who will look to impress ahead of what will be the squad's last international assignment before the crucial world championships in August
"Every day I set a new target and aim to achieve it. My next target is to qualify for the World Championships, and I am confident that I will do it. My next competition is on the 19th of May, and I want to improve my performance," the Indian athlete said as per a press release by Inspire Ins
With a quarter-final finish at the previous World Championships under his belt, Narender (+92kg) began his quest for a medal at the ongoing edition by defeating Muhammad Abroridinov of Tajikistan in a closely contested encounter by 4-1
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
Sable, along with his coach Scott Simons are scheduled to train at St. Moritz from August 7th till August 16th (10 days), before heading out to Budapest, Hungary for the World Championships.
India has plenty of firepower in the lineup to make an impression at the 36th iteration of the continental competition, despite the big names missing the Asian championship. The Indian wrestling squad is headed to Astana and includes medalists from previous world championships Deepak Punia,