India end Baku World Cup campaign with gold in mixed team event

India ended their campaign at the ISSF World Cup in Baku with a gold in 50m rifle 3-positions mixed team competition, after Swapnil Kusale and Ashi Chouksey beat Ukranians Serhiy Kulish and Daria Tykhova 16-12 in the gold-medal match on Saturday.

This was India's second gold in the Baku World Cup after the women's air rifle team had won one earlier. India also have three silver from the tournament and ended second behind South Korea.

It was also Swapnil Kusale's first gold and third medal overall in the Baku World Cup, after he won silver in men's 3P individual and men's team competitions.

It was a hard-fought win for the pair of Swapnil and Ashi. In the first qualification stage, they finished fourth with a combined score of 881/900 to qualify for stage two. The Ukranian pair finished second to also march into the top-eight stage.

Serhiy and Daria were not ones to give up and narrowed the deficit down to 14-12. But the Indians closed out professionally for a well-earned victory. IANS

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