A day to remember for Indian sports!
Abhishek Verma won the gold medal and Saurabh Chaudhary won the bronze in the men’s 10m air pistol event of the World Cup held at Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Verma shot 244.2 and Saurabh shot 221.9 in the finals to secure the medals, ending the second day of the competition on a high note.
GOLD again! #AbhishekVerma helps India sweep this year’s Men’s 10m Air Pistol @ISSF_Shooting wc golds, winning the #issfwcrio2019 competition with a score of 244.2 in the finals. Teammate #SaurabhChaudhary wins bronze. Congrats to both!🇮🇳 pic.twitter.com/PCXH7VLKyk
— NRAI (@OfficialNRAI) August 29, 2019
Sanjeev Rajput has secured India’s eighth Olympic quota in shooting and won a silver medal in the men’s 50m rifle event at the World Cup as well.
#NationalSportsDay gets sweeter. Two-time Olympian #SanjeevRajput wins 🥈 & @Tokyo2020jp quota place in Men’s 50m Rifle 3 Positions @ISSF_Shooting World Cup #ISSFWorldCup #ISSFWC This is super🇮🇳🇮🇳 pic.twitter.com/87Ubh0MSIY
— NRAI (@OfficialNRAI) August 29, 2019
Minister of State of Youth Affairs and Sports, Kiren Riju congratulated the 38 year-old shooter on his win and performance on Twitter.
.@KirenRijiju congratulates @sanjeevrajput1 for winning a silver in the men's 50m Rifle 3 position at the #Shooting World Cup in Rio and earning an #OlympicQuota! The 38 yr old becomes the 8th Indian & 1st in this event to win a quota in shooting for #Tokyo2020. @OfficialNRAI
— Kiren Rijiju Office (@RijijuOffice) August 30, 2019
The Indian shooters showed their dominance in this event. The Indian contingent has already exhausted the maximum Olympic quotas available per country in this event.
On the other hand, India’s boxing icon MC Mary Kom was named the ‘best female athlete’ at the Awards for Asia ceremony organized by Asian Sportswriters Union (AIPS Asia). The six time world champion bagged the award as she has exploited the Asian women boxing scene.
🏆🌏Awards for Asia: Son Heung Min, Mary Kom emerge best Asian athletes
🔗https://t.co/ntW46pjg3V pic.twitter.com/ciKBtZVjzt
— AIPS (@AIPSmedia) August 29, 2019
World number 11 male boxer Gaurav Bidhuri congratulated Mary Kom on being crowned as Asia’s best female athlete on Twitter.
Congratulations Marykom Didi for getting Best Asian Female Athlete Award in Malaysia by Asian Sports Press Union (AIPS) Asia.
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.@MangteC @KirenRijiju @AIPSmedia @Media_SAI @iosindiaoff #boxinglegend pic.twitter.com/cjy5DSFRzF— Gaurav Bidhuri (@grvpugilist) August 28, 2019
