Shooting, World Cup Final: Sonam Maskar wins women’s 10m air rifle final in Delhi
Sonam Maskar shot a total of 252.9 in the final.
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Double silver medallist at the 2024 ISSF World Cup in Cairo stage earlier this year, India’s Sonam Uttam Maskar bagged another of the same colour at the ISSF World Cup Final in New Delhi on Tuesday in the women’s 10m air rifle.
It was the Kolhapur girl’s first medal at the World Cup Final level and also India’s first of the competition.
China’s Paris Olympics gold medallist Huang Yuting won gold with a world and junior world record score of 254.5, leaving Sonam 1.6 behind. France’s Oceanne Muller won bronze.
China won three of the four finals on the day, while France’s Paris silver medallist Camille Jedrzejewski won the other in the women’s 10m air pistol.
A boisterous, lively and partisan Karni Singh crowd experienced joy in the very first of four finals of the day, as Maskar put in a virtuoso performance in the women’s 10m air rifle.
She first shot a solid 632.1 in qualification to finish fourth and then overcame a sluggish start in the finals to mount a brilliant comeback and seal a creditable silver behind the world beating Chinese.
Two shots, one a 10.7 for her 19th followed by a perfect 10.9 for her 20th, both under pressure with a medal on the line,...
