Aishwary Pratap Singh Tomar strikes gold at ISSF Shooting World Cup in Changwon

July 16, 2022 8:06 PM

Aishwary Pratap Singh Tomar strikes gold at ISSF Shooting World Cup in Changwon

Junior world champion Aishwary Pratap Singh Tomar has won gold medal in the Men's 50m Rifle 3 Positions (3P) event in the ongoing International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF) World Cup in Changwon, Korea. He defeated Hungarian Zakan Pekler 16-12 in the gold medal match on day seven of the ongoing tournament. This was the youngster's second ISSF World Cup gold and India's fourth of the competition, helping them hold on to the top spot in the standings. India currently...

Indians shooters vie for top honours in ISSF World Cup

May 25, 2019 5:05 PM

Indians shooters vie for top honours in ISSF World Cup

Indian shooters Apurvi Chandela, Anjum Moudgil and Elavenil Valarivan will be vying for top honours at the year's third International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF) World Cup Rifle/Pistol in Munich, Germany.  The tournament is starting from tomorrow.  The opening day of the competition will see women's 10 metres Air Rifle final. A total of 919 athletes from 98 countries, some in the non-competition Minimum Qualifying Score section, will be competing for the 17 Tokyo Olympics ...

Shooter Divyansh secures Olympic berth by winning a silver in ISSF World Cup

April 26, 2019 9:01 PM

Shooter Divyansh secures Olympic berth by winning a silver in ISSF World Cup

India's Divyansh Singh Panwar today secured the country's fourth Olympic quota place in shooting by winning a silver in the ISSF World Cup in Beijing.  The 17-year-old teenager Divyansh finished second in the 10m air rifle event in the International Shooting Sport Federation World Cup for pistol and rifle shooters.   This is India's fourth 2020 Tokyo Olympic quota after Anjum Moudgil and Apurvi Chandela (10m air rifle women) and Saurabh Choudhary (10m Air Pistol men) h...