India’s Sift Kaur Samra gained her maiden senior World Cup medal with a third-place end within the 50m 3 place rifle because the hosts ended the contest in Bhopal with seven medals, in the back of China’s 12, on Sunday.
The 21-year-old clinical pupil and nationwide champion shot 403.9 issues within the score fit after coming 2d within the qualification spherical that includes 38 shooters. China’s Zhang Qiongyue crowned the level with 594 issues ahead of main the eight-woman score fit (414.7) for a maiden gold. The 19-year-old beat Czech Republic’s Aneta Brabcova 16-8 within the decider.
The different Indians within the match, Manini Kaushik and the skilled Anjum Moudgil, neglected the minimize within the qualifying spherical. Kaushik completed 9th (584) whilst Moudgil shot 583 for thirteenth position. Shriyanka Sadangi and Ashi Chouksey, who had been competing for score issues simplest, shot 582 and 581 respectively.
India drew a clean in the second one and ultimate medal match of the day, the boys’s 25m fast fireplace pistol that featured a star-studded box, together with Olympic champion Jean Quiquampoix of France and Rio Olympic gold medalist Christian Reitz of Germany. Reitz crowned the qualification with a ranking of 586 whilst Quiquampoix, who additionally gained silver in Rio, complex to the score level in 5th position (583).
China’s Jueming Zhang shot 35 in 40 makes an attempt to assert gold whilst Frenchman Clement Bessaguet, a Tokyo Olympic finalist and Cairo worlds silver medalist, got here 2d with 34 hits. Reitz used to be 0.33 with 21 hits.
For the hosts, Vijayveer Sidhu got here closest to clearing the qualifying hurdle, capturing 581 to complete 9th. Anish Bhanwala shot 581 to complete tenth whilst Ankur Goel used to be 14th with 574. Bhavesh Shekhawat shot 578 and Mandeep Singh 575 whilst competing for score issues simplest.
China once more gained each the occasions on be offering on Sunday, finishing the contest with 8 gold, two silver and two bronze. India used to be 2d (1 gold, 1 silver, 5 bronze) and Germany 0.33 (1 gold, 1 silver, 1 bronze).