The ISSF World Cup gold medal match of the men’s team event in the 50-meter rifle 3 position between India and Hungary was postponed on Thursday after the visiting team was eliminated after an internal feud with their star Mark Peter Sidi. The gold medal round will now take place between host India and third-placed Team USA on Friday, which seems to be an unprecedented development in the marquee event. India and Hungary, who finished first and second in the qualification round on Wednesday, started their gold medal match at 11 am, but the visiting team’s world number one shooters Istvan Penny and Xavon Peckler were followed by technical officials Discussed together, Sidi refused to participate.
The 42-year-old Sidi is a five-time Olympian and former world champion, who won a gold medal at the 2010 World Championships in Munich.
“The Hungarian team has revolted against Sidi,” an insider associated with the current tournament told PTI.
He said, “He says he is pushing the rules. This is an internal problem within the Hungarian shooting team and has been going on for the last four-five years, more has happened in the last one year, including last year. The National Championship is also included. ”
According to the source, the entire issue was on a bipod that Sidi had attached to the end of his rifle barrel.
Sidi argued that he was using a two-legged stand for load balancing, which is in sync with the ISSF rule book, and not to stabilize the rifle during the competition, which is not technically permitted Is, but Penny and her other companions objected to it.
The source said that after reporting the matter to the technical representative of the apex body, the ISSF found nothing wrong with Sidi.
In Wednesday’s qualification, the Indian team of Neeraj Kumar, Swapnil Kusale and Chan Singh led the field with a total score of 875.
The Hungarian team, which includes Penny, Peckler and Sidi, was placed second, while the American trio of Nicholas Mower, Timothy Sherry and Patrick Sunderman finished in third place.
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The fourth team, Kenya, did not start. India is presently Dr. Karni Singh topped the tournament with 20 medals including nine gold, six silver and five bronze at the shooting range.
Before the Tokyo Olympics, 294 shooters from 53 countries are participating in the tournament for rifle and pistol shooters.
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