Shooting: Sarabjot won gold medal in Munich Shooting World Cup, India’s medal account opened
Sarabjot Singh created history by winning the gold medal in the final of the men’s 10m air pistol event in the presence of defending world champion Bowen Zheng of China and four-time Olympian Yusuf Dikek. This gold also opened India’s medal account in the ISSF World Cup. India’s 22-year-old Sarabjot scored 242.7 points in the final of eight shooters. He beat his closest rival Bu Shuaiheng of China by 0.2 points. Robin Walter of Germany won the bronze medal.
Sarabjot had topped the qualifying round with 588 points on Wednesday to make it to the final. However, in the final, Sarabjot performed consistently and won her second individual medal in the ISSF World Cup. Earlier, she had also won a gold medal in Bhopal last year.
Earlier, Sarabjot had also topped the selection trials for the Paris Olympics. Sarabjot also won the bronze medal in the 10m air pistol event of the Asian Shooting Championship 2023 in Changwon and secured the first pistol quota for India for the Paris Olympics. At the Asian Games last year, Sarabjot won the gold medal in the men’s 10m air pistol team event and the silver medal in the 10m air pistol mixed team event.
