ISSF World Championships: India clinch top spot in Women’s 50M Pistol; finish with six gold medals


PTI, Aug 25, 2023, 7:37 PM IST

Representative image (source: ANI)

Baku: Tiyana, Sakshi Suryavanshi and Kirandeep Kaur combined to clinch gold in the Women’s 50M Pistol here on Friday as India finished the 2023 ISSF World Championships with six gold and eight bronze medals in total. Hence, India finished the event with 14 medals, second behind China. India also ensured four Paris Olympic quotas from the tournament.

In the team event, the Indian trio grossed 1,573 points to secure gold while China finished second with 1,567, and Mongolia was third with 1,566 Later, Tiyana also won a bronze in the individual Women’s 50M Pistol event. Tiyana shot 533 during the individual competition. Sakshi shot 531 for the fifth place and Kirandeep finished 11th while shooting 509.

India also got hold of a couple of bronze medals in the Men’s 50M Pistol.

Ravinder Singh came up with a shot of 556 in the individual event, taking the third spot before partnering with Kamaljeet and Vikram Shinde to bag the team bronze with a total of 1,646. In the final Olympic event of the tournament, the Indian duo of Prithviraj Tondaiman and Manisha Keer produced a shot of 133 and finished 22nd.

On the other hand, Kynan Chenai and Preeti Rajak also came up with the same score but were placed 24th in the final calculations.

Udayavani is now on Telegram. Click here to join our channel and stay updated with the latest news.

Top News

CM Vijayan opens Huddle Global; Says Kerala will be key player in India’s deep tech ambitions

Bengaluru to host Aero India 2025 from Feb 10-14

Karnataka cabinet decides to reopen graft case against Ex-CM Yediyurappa and family

Man attacks nurse inside hospital, caught on camera

Special tribute concert for legendary singer SPB to be held in Bengaluru on Dec 8

Bengaluru Airport hosts Karnataka Rajyotsava celebration

Bengaluru Hubba to kickstart with folk dance performance by 500-member troupe

Related Articles More

Discussion on ‘Hybrid’ model for hosting Champions Trophy set to dominate ICC meeting

Jindal on Pant’s departure from DC: ‘We were on different wavelengths’

Seven West Indies players to train at Chennai Super Kings Academy from December 1

Gukesh strikes back, levels score in World Chess Championship

Ban not shocking, it will be lifted if I join BJP: Bajrang Punia on NADA suspension

MUST WATCH

Grafting

Coconut Flower

Prakash Belawadi

Naxal Leader Vikram Gowda

Christmas Cake Fruit Mixing


Latest Additions

CM Vijayan opens Huddle Global; Says Kerala will be key player in India’s deep tech ambitions

Bengaluru to host Aero India 2025 from Feb 10-14

Karnataka cabinet decides to reopen graft case against Ex-CM Yediyurappa and family

Man attacks nurse inside hospital, caught on camera

Special tribute concert for legendary singer SPB to be held in Bengaluru on Dec 8

Thanks for visiting Udayavani

You seem to have an Ad Blocker on.
To continue reading, please turn it off or whitelist Udayavani.