Para Shooting World Cup: Indian duo of Manish Narwal and Rubina Francis on Wednesday clinched the gold medal in the P6-10m Air Pistol Mixed event at the Chateauroux Para-Shooting World Cup on Wednesday. Follow InsideSport.IN For more updates
Narwal and Francis outscored China’s Yang Chao and Min Li to win the gold medal. The Indian duo also created a new world record in the qualification stage with a score of 565.
Proud of Manish Narwal and Rubina Francis for winning a Gold in the 10m Air Pistol Mixed event at #Chateauroux2022.
Congratulations to them for this special win. Best wishes for their upcoming endeavours. pic.twitter.com/wIppsJyreK
— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) June 8, 2022
Para Shooting World Cup: India continue good run at Para Shooting World Cup, Manish Narwal, Rubina Francis clinch air pistol mixed team gold
Taking to his Twitter, Union Minister for Youth Affairs and Sports Anurag Thakur congratulated the duo and wrote, “It’s raining WORLD RECORDS for INDIA @manishnarwal02 and Rubina Francis won GOLD in P6- 10M Air Pistol Mixed team while setting a new World Record in qualification stage with a score of 565 at #Chateauroux2022 World Cup!”
It’s raining WORLD RECORDS for INDIA🇮🇳 @manishnarwal02 & Rubina Francis won GOLD 🥇in P6- 10M Air Pistol Mixed team while setting a new World Record in qualification stage with a score of 565 at #Chateauroux2022 World Cup ! pic.twitter.com/iqqqTmGRMJ
— Anurag Thakur (@ianuragthakur) June 8, 2022
Earlier on Tuesday, Tokyo Paralympics gold medallist Avani Lekhara won a gold medal with a world record score of 250.6 in Women’s 10m Air Rifle and secured a place at the Paris Paralympics 2024. The 20-year-old shooter broke her own world record of 249.6.
Apart from her, para rifle shooter Srihari Devaraddi clinched a gold medal in Mixed 10m Air Rifle SH2 with a shot total of 253.1 in the final after defeating Slovenia’s Tirsek F by just 0.5 points.
Para Shooting World Cup: India continue good run at Para Shooting World Cup, Manish Narwal, Rubina Francis clinch air pistol mixed team gold
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