India’s Rhythm Sangwan wins bronze medal in ISSF World Cup 2023

India’s Rhythm Sangwan wins bronze medal in ISSF World Cup 2023

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Category : Sports Published on: May 13 2023

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India’s Rhythm Sangwan has won the bronze medal in the women’s 10-metre air pistol event at the ISSF World Cup 2023 for rifle and pistol shooters in Baku, Azerbaijan.
She scored 219.1 in the final to finish third behind Anna 2016 Rio Olympic champion Anna Korakaki of Greece and 2004 Athens Olympics gold medallist Olena Kostevych of Ukraine.
It was Sangwan’s first individual senior medal at the shooting World Cup.
In the qualification round, 19-year-old Rhythm Sangwan shot 581 to finish third and qualify for the finals.
India has sent a 34-member team to the ISSF World Cup Baku 2023. This event will end on May 14.
For the shooting World Cup in Baku, the International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF) has adopted the Tokyo 2020 Olympics format.
The semi-final stage has been removed from the current tournament. The competition only has one round of qualification, from which the top eight go to the final.

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