The Indian girls’s air rifle crew of Shreya Agrawal, Elavenil Valarivan and Ramita outplayed Denmark 17-5 for gold within the taking pictures World Cup in Baku, Azerbaijan, on Tuesday.
The Indian crew began nicely by topping qualification within the first stage. It wavered a bit within the second stage, to be 0.6 level behind Denmark, however ensured its berth within the gold match.
The first medal helped India climb to the joint fifth spot within the medals desk with Czech Republic, Finland, Greece and Iran, behind the leaders Korea, Serbia, Poland and France.
The males’s air rifle crew of Rudrankksh Patil, Dhanush Srikanth and Paarth Makhija, began nicely, however misplaced its approach and finally received overwhelmed within the bronze medal match by Croatia 16-10.
In a packed calendar for the season, the Indian crew had deliberate to tempo itself judiciously and had opted to discipline solely 12 rifle shooters within the present World Cup.
The outcomes: Air rifle: Men: 1. Korea 16 (627.3) 936.3; 2. Australia 8 (626.6) 933.4; 3. Croatia (Josip Sikavica, Miran Maricic, Andrija Mikuljan) 16 (624.2) 940.0; 4. India (Rudrankksh Patil, Dhanush Srikanth, Paarth Makhija) 10 (624.9) 940.4.
Women: 1. India (Shreya Agrawal, Elavenil Valarivan, Ramita) 17 (628.6) 944.4; 2. Denmark (Anna Nielsen, Emma Koch, Rikke Ibsen) 5 (629.2) 942.8; 3. Poland 16 (626.6) 944.1; 4. Korea 10 (626.5) 944.2.
Source: www.thehindu.com
