India clinched two gold medals on the second day of the ongoing ISSF Shooting World Cup at Cairo in Egypt on Monday. Indian 10m Air Rifle Mixed team of Narmada Nithin Raju and Rudrankksh Balasaheb Patil and 10m Air Pistol Mixed team of Rhythm Sangwan and Varun Tomar have bagged the yellow metals. In the 10m Air Pistol Mixed team event, the pair of Varun Tomar and Rhythm Sangwan routed Serbian pair Zorana Arunovic and Damir Mikec 16-10 to win the gold medal. Indian rifle team trounced Hungary’s Eszter Denes and Istvan Peni 16-6 in the gold medal play-off to bag the top spot on the podium. India has so far won three medals in the competition with 2 golds and a bronze.
The first day of Mixed Team Events at the ISSF World Cup Rifle and Pistol in Cairo, EGY started with 10m Air Rifle Mixed Team with the following results
— ISSF (@issf_official) February 20, 2023
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In the bronze medal contest, the German combination of Lisa Mueller and Maximilian Dallinger got better of Switzerland’s Nina Christen and Christoph Duerr 16-12. Germany took third place after beating France 16-6 in the bronze medal play-off. Another Indian team of Divya Subbaraju and Sarabjot Singh missed out on a medal round after finishing fifth.
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