NEW DELHI: Indian girls’s skeet shooters Ganemat Sekhon and Darshna Rathore created historical past on Tuesday, securing silver and bronze medals on the ISSF World Cup in Almaty. This marked the primary time Indian skeet shooters have received two senior particular person medals on the occasion.
The gold medal went to the native favourite, Assem Orynbay of Kazakhstan, who clinched victory in an exhilarating shoot-off. Each Ganemat and Orynbay had completed the 60-shot last with 50 hits every.
Through the shoot-off, Ganemat missed one out of the primary two targets, whereas Orynbay efficiently hit each. The setback prevented Ganemat from securing the gold medal.
The silver is now Ganemat’s second particular person world cup medal. For Darshna, it’s a outstanding milestone as she made her debut within the senior last and claimed her first-ever world cup medal.
Earlier on competitors day two, Darshna certified for the six-woman last in second spot, equalling the nationwide document with a rating of 120 whereas Ganemat was fourth, capturing 117.
Orynbay topped with 121 whereas among the many different qualifiers was world quantity 10 from Cyprus, Konstantina Nikolaou.
The Cypriot nevertheless was the one shooter to overlook three of her first 4 targets within the last, whereas the opposite 5 missed one every. On the finish of the primary 10 targets Orynbay was probably the most correct with eight hits with 4 others together with Darshna and Ganemat following with seven.
Nikolaou was the primary to be eradicated after 20 targets as Ganemat and Barbora continued to chase the Kazakh Orynbay, with Darshna making an attempt to catch up.
After 30 hits, the sphere was right down to 4 with Ganemat main with 25, adopted by Orynbay with 24 and Darshna and Barbora tied at 22.
It was heartening to see the 2 Indians, specifically Ganemat, getting stronger because the match progressed. The Czech was subsequent to fall on the 40-target mark with 29 to her identify, confirming a historic double for the Indians.
Then Darshna bowed out with 39 hits and Ganemat and Orynbay needed to be finally separated by a shoot-off. The third Indian within the area, Maheshwari Chauhan, ended 24th with a rating of 108 in qualification.
Within the males’s skeet, not one of the three Indians made the finals. Mairaj Khan was one of the best finisher with 119 for a 16th-place end, whereas Gurjoat Khangura shot the identical rating to complete 18th. Anantjeet Singh Naruka was additional again with 118.
(With inputs from PTI)
The gold medal went to the native favourite, Assem Orynbay of Kazakhstan, who clinched victory in an exhilarating shoot-off. Each Ganemat and Orynbay had completed the 60-shot last with 50 hits every.
Through the shoot-off, Ganemat missed one out of the primary two targets, whereas Orynbay efficiently hit each. The setback prevented Ganemat from securing the gold medal.
The silver is now Ganemat’s second particular person world cup medal. For Darshna, it’s a outstanding milestone as she made her debut within the senior last and claimed her first-ever world cup medal.
Earlier on competitors day two, Darshna certified for the six-woman last in second spot, equalling the nationwide document with a rating of 120 whereas Ganemat was fourth, capturing 117.
Orynbay topped with 121 whereas among the many different qualifiers was world quantity 10 from Cyprus, Konstantina Nikolaou.
The Cypriot nevertheless was the one shooter to overlook three of her first 4 targets within the last, whereas the opposite 5 missed one every. On the finish of the primary 10 targets Orynbay was probably the most correct with eight hits with 4 others together with Darshna and Ganemat following with seven.
Nikolaou was the primary to be eradicated after 20 targets as Ganemat and Barbora continued to chase the Kazakh Orynbay, with Darshna making an attempt to catch up.
After 30 hits, the sphere was right down to 4 with Ganemat main with 25, adopted by Orynbay with 24 and Darshna and Barbora tied at 22.
It was heartening to see the 2 Indians, specifically Ganemat, getting stronger because the match progressed. The Czech was subsequent to fall on the 40-target mark with 29 to her identify, confirming a historic double for the Indians.
Then Darshna bowed out with 39 hits and Ganemat and Orynbay needed to be finally separated by a shoot-off. The third Indian within the area, Maheshwari Chauhan, ended 24th with a rating of 108 in qualification.
Within the males’s skeet, not one of the three Indians made the finals. Mairaj Khan was one of the best finisher with 119 for a 16th-place end, whereas Gurjoat Khangura shot the identical rating to complete 18th. Anantjeet Singh Naruka was additional again with 118.
(With inputs from PTI)
