Sangram, Aman shoot 2 more medals

New Delhi, Oct. 25: Sangram Dahiya and Amanpreet Singh took a silver and a bronze each as hosts enjoyed a fruitful day in the office on Day Four of the ISSF World Cup Final here on Friday.

Double trap exponent Sangram clinched his first-ever senior medal in the ISSF tournament after years of toil, while Amanpreet bagged a welldeserved bronze after scoring 202.2 in the men’s 50m pistol event.

Both shooters were taking part in the prestigious event for the first time.

“I am really happy as the hard training over the

Thanks to the two marksmen’s silver and bronze and the gold in the mixed 10m air pistol event by Jitu Rai and Heena Sidhu on the opening day, India recorded their best-ever showing in the year-ending annual shooting showpiece, where only the year’s top shooters get to compete

past three weeks has paid off,” Sangram said.

Thanks to the two marksman’s medals and the gold in the mixed 10m air pistol event by Jitu Rai and Heena Sidhu on the opening day, India recorded their best-ever showing in the year-ending annual shooting showpiece, where only the year’s top names compete.

Shooting alongside

Amanpreet, the fancied Jitu, though, failed to impress and was the first to be eliminated at seventh place with a score of 123.2. Both had cleared the qualification hurdle without much fuss.

In the double trap final at the Dr Karni Singh shooting ranges, Sangram shot 76 out of 80 targets, three behind gold medallist Hu Binyuan (79) of

China. Italy’s Gasparani Davi (56) took the bronze. Sangram had won a gold medal at the Asian Shooting Championship for junior way back in 2009.

Sangram shot exceedingly well throughout the day, first topping the qualifying with a score of 144 out of 150 and then replicating the showing in the final.

India’s world number one double trap shooter Ankur Mittal, who qualified for the six-man final in second position with a score of 139, finished fourth in the final.

He had to leave after managing 45 out of 50 shots. Sangram’s effort, somewhat, made up for the disappointment.

Amanpreet finished behind gold medallist Damir Mikec of Serbia and silver medallist Oleh Omelchuk of Ukraine. Damir shot 229.3 and the Ukranian Omelchuk finished with a score of 228 in a thrilling round for the top prize.