ISSF World Cup Baku: Rhythm Sangwan opens India’s account with bronze medal in 10m air pistol

Rhythm Sangwan staged a fantastic comeback at the back-end of the women’s 10m air pistol final at the International Shooting Sport Federation World Cup Rifle/Pistol in Baku, Azerbaijan to win bronze on Wednesday. She finished behind two former Olympic champions, gold medal winner Anna Korakaki of Greece and silver medallist Olena Kostevych of Ukraine.

Sarabjot Singh earlier in the men’s 10m air pistol and Esha Singh in the women’s event missed out on medals despite qualifying for the finals.

On a day when the ISSF reverted back to the Tokyo Olympics format, Rhythm had shot 581 and Esha 579 in the 60-shot qualification stage, to qualify for the eight-woman 24-shot final in third and seventh spots respectively. A third Olympic champion in the finals field, Tokyo Mixed Team winner Jiang Ranxin of China had topped the field with a 588, seven ahead of second-best Kim Bomi of Korea.

The second final of the day was 10m Air Pistol Women with the following results:

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Ukrainian legend Kostevych was the strongest of the blocks with a solid 10.6, but the Indians struggled early, particularly Esha who began with three shots in the eight-ring.

After 10-shots, Anna was...

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