Delhi World Cup Panwar wins bronze in 10m air rifle

NEW DELHI: Divyansh Panwar won bronze in the men's 10m air rifle event at the ISSF World Cup here at the Dr Karni Singh shooting Ranges, opening India's account in the medals tally.

Divyansh got a score of 228.1 in the final. Lucas Kozeniesky of USA won gold with 249.8 while Hungary's Istvan Peni finished second with 249.1.

India's other competitor in the final, Arjun Babuta finished fifth with a score of 185.5 in the eight-man final.

"#DivyanshPanwar wins Bronze medal Third place medal in the Men's 10M Air Rifle for #India at the @ISSF_Shooting World Cup New Delhi 2021," tweeted National Rifle Association of India (NRAI).

In the 60-shot qualification round on Friday, teenager Panwar, who has won an Olympics quota place, shot 629.1 points to finish sixth. The 22-year-old Babuta scored 631.8 points to earn a third spot. IANS

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