World No. 1 Divyansh Panwar settles for bronze in Delhi Shooting World Cup | More sports News – Times of India

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NEW DELHI: World No. 1 in men’s 10m air rifle, Indian shooter Divyansh Singh Panwar had to settle for a bronze medal at the ongoing ISSF World Cup, while his teammate Arjun Babuta finished an impressive fifth in his senior World Cup debut.
Panwar, who shot a 629.1 in qualifying on Friday to stand sixth in the top-eight qualifying bracket, shot 228.1 for the bronze medal here at the Dr Karni Singh Shooting Range.
Babuta had registered an impressive 631.8 in qualifying and scored 185.5 in the final for his fifth place.
In a dramatic finish for gold, USA’s Lucas Kozeniesky (249.8) edged Hungary’s Istvan Peni by just 0.1 point.
“It was like re-visiting what happens in a match. We had almost forgotten it,” said Panwar, who had bagged an Olympic quota with a silver medal at the 2019 Beijing World Cup. “I was nervous, my heartbeat was fast. It has never happened with me before,”

It’s the first ISSF event for the pistol and rifle shooters since the Covid-19 lockdown last year.
Panwar stood joint fifth after the first two series of five shots each. Babuta was just above him at fourth. The difference was just 0.5 points.

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World No. 1 Panwar started doing better as the final went deep. His 13th and 14th shots were 10.3 each, after which both the Indian shooters stood joint fourth at 143.8 points.
“I was in constant eye contact with my coach sitting behind. It helped. This medal will help me build and regain my confidence,” Panwar said.
After Babuta’s elimination, just 0.3 points separated Sergey Richter of Israel and Panwar. But Richter scored 9.6 on his next shot, to concede his third place to the Indian.
But Panwar could not go any further.

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Divyansh Panwar: Delhi Shooting World Cup: Divyansh Panwar wins bronze in men’s 10m air rifle | More sports News – Times of India

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NEW DELHI: World number one Divyansh Singh Panwar opened India’s medals tally with a bronze in the men’s 10m air rifle on the second competition day of the ISSF World Cup here on Saturday.
The 18-year-old Divyansh shot 228.1 to finish third on the podium at the Dr Karni Singh Shooting Range.
The other Indian participant in the final, Arjun Babuta, finished in fifth place after three scores below 10 in the eight-man final.
American Lucas Kozeniesky claimed the gold medal with 249.8, while Istvan Peni of Hungaria bagged silver with 249.7.
A 10.6 and 10.3 in the seventh series saw Divyansh survive elimination as Sergey Richter of Israel fell behind.
Divyansh, a Tokyo Olympic quota holder, shot 10.6 before bowing out with the bronze medal.
The win will do a world of good to the Jaipur-based Divyansh’s confidence as he braces for the Tokyo Games. He was placed sixth in the 60-shot qualification with a total of 629.1 while Babuta was third with 631.8.
In the final, Babuta had one 9.9 in the first series followed by another 9.9 and 9.7 in the second. Under pressure, the 22-year-old Babuta began the fourth series with one more 9.9 before being eliminated at fifth place with 185.5.

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Delhi Shooting World Cup: More shooters, including Indians, test Covid-positive | More sports News – Times of India

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NEW DELHI: After a Covid-19 test of an overseas rifle shooter returned positive on Friday, the ongoing ISSF World Cup in Delhi has been hit with three more fresh positive cases, two of which are Indian athletes, according to sources.
Sources said that the fresh positive results include a female foreign athlete and two men from the Indian pistol team.
“Three more shooters have been tested positive,” said the source talking to Timesofindia.com. “Two are males from the Indian pistol team and an overseas female shooter.”
“Shooters, who have tested positive, have been isolated,” the source further said.
“The roommates of the Covid-positive shooters have tested negative and will participate in their respective events,” the official source confirmed.
The final of the men and women 10m air rifle, along with the qualifying round and final of men and women 10m air pistol are scheduled for Saturday (March 20).
“Of course, the positive shooters, along with their roommates, won’t participate,” the source added.
The names of the shooters who have tested positive have so far been withheld.
The World Cup officially began on March 18 and runs till March 29.

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