ISSF World Cup: Vijayveer Sidhu won the individual silver medal in the 25 rapid fire pistol event.© Twitter
India’s Vijayvir Sidhu and Tejaswani claimed gold medals in the 25m rapid fire pistol mixed team event of the ISSF World Cup in New Delhi on Saturday. In an all-India gold medal match, he won the Drs. In the Karni Singh Shooting Range, they defeated the pair of Gurpreet Singh and Ashok Abhigyan Patil 9–1.
In qualification 2, Gurpreet and Patil topped with a total score of 370, while 16-year-old Tejaswani and 18-year-old Sidhu collected a team of 368.
On Friday, Sidhu won the individual silver medal in the 25 rapid fire pistol event ahead of Anish Bhanwala and Gurpreet.
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Leaders India continued their dominant run in the tournament, winning 13 gold, eight silver and six bronze medals for a total of 27 podium finishes.
294 athletes from 53 countries are taking part in the tournament, which is the last major international outing for pistol and rifle shooters ahead of the upcoming Tokyo Olympics.
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