Arjun Babuta wins air rifle gold
The Hindu
Paarth Makhija finishes just outside medal bracket
Arjun Babuta came up with some high quality shooting to clinch the gold beating Lucas Kozeniesky of the US 17-9 in men’s air rifle at the shooting World Cup in Changwon, Korea, on Monday.
The 23-year-old Arjun was second in qualification with 630.5 and topped the second stage with 261.1 to make the gold contest.
Paarth Makhija also made the final, but finished fourth, behind qualification topper Sergey Richter (631.6) of Israel.
In women’s air rifle, Mehuli Ghosh shot 628.7 and missed the second stage of competition by 0.1 point.
In men’s air pistol, Naveen (587), Sagar Dangi (582) and Shiva Narwal (580) have qualified for Tuesday’s finals.
In women’s air pistol, Yuvika Tomar made the cut for the second stage with 576, while Palak Ghulia and Rhythm Sangwan (573) missed it by one point.
Competing in the MQS section, now termed RPO, Manu Bhaker (573) and Esha Singh (570) were not at their best.