The ISSF World Cup Finals 2019 has started in Putian, China and Indian athletes have put up a great show of their talent.
Putian welcomes top athletes in Rifle and Pistolhttps://t.co/9ib8Om1XNf pic.twitter.com/lsJOm6yL3z
— ISSF (@ISSF_Shooting) November 18, 2019
By the third day of the competition, India bagged three golds in different categories and also won quotas in Tokyo Olympics 2020.
Congratulations India's young shooters!@realmanubhaker, #DivyanshSinghPanwar and @elavalarivan all win gold on a single day in the ISSF #WorldCupFinal. What a stellar performance.#KheloIndia @KirenRijiju @DGSAI @RijijuOffice @PIB_India @PMOIndia @IndiaSports @ddsportschannel pic.twitter.com/E5ArqPORm6
— SAIMedia (@Media_SAI) November 21, 2019
The first gold for the country was clinched by Manu Bhaker in 10m Air Pistol Women category. This was her first World Cup Final and Manu definitely made a mark with her performance. Manu also won gold in the 10m Air Pistol Mixed event and this was her fifth mixed team gold in the senior shooting events.
Medal sweep for Indians!@realmanubhaker, @schaudhary2002 and @RizviShahzar won gold, silver and bronze respectively with their overseas partners in the 10m Air Pistol Mixed Team event at the #WorldCupFinal. This is Manu’s 5th mixed team gold at an ISSF Sr. event in 2019. pic.twitter.com/chHH64YIkj
— SAIMedia (@Media_SAI) November 22, 2019
17-year-old Divyansh Singh Panwar won gold in 10 m Air Rifle Men category and is also holding the top rank in 2019 shooting events.
Divyansh wins gold!
17 year-old #TOPSAthlete #DivyanshSinghPanwar wins gold in men’s 10m air rifle with a score of 250.1 at the #WorldCupFinal. This is India’s 3rd gold of the day. Our youngsters are doing us proud. Many Congratulations.#KheloIndia pic.twitter.com/Ge25OsfYg3— SAIMedia (@Media_SAI) November 21, 2019
Elavenil Valarivan from India brought the third gold to the country in the 10m Air Rifle Women category while Apurvi Chandela because of her earlier points got the top position in the same category.
#Elavenil wins gold!
20 year-old #TOPSAthlete @elavalarivan wins the gold medal in women’s 10m air rifle at the #WorldCupFinal in China with a score of 250.8. She had won gold in the Jr. World Cup and Rio Sr. World Cup in the same event in 2019.
Many Congratulations.#KheloIndia pic.twitter.com/TBfrTPCJWY— SAIMedia (@Media_SAI) November 21, 2019
This year’s shooting World Cup also has ‘Golden Target’ award which will be given to the top shooter of the year based on their aggregate points from all the world-class shooting events.
Apart from ‘Golden Target’, the mixed events are also introduced in the shooting championship, where the markswomen and marksmen will fight for ‘President’s Trophy’ and the team will be formed with the help of a random draw.
