Meghana Sajjanar wins air rifle bronze

Meghana Sajjanar shot a exceptional last to clinch the bronze in ladies’s air rifle within the World Cup in Ningbo, China, on Sunday.

After qualifying within the seventh place with 632.6, Meghana rose to the third place behind Peng Xinlu of China and Jeanette-Hegg Duestad of Norway.

The second medal for India after the gold by Esha Singh in ladies’s air pistol the day before today, put the crew tied fifth within the medals desk together with Italy.

China topped the desk with three gold, 4 silver and a bronze forward of Norway which had two gold, a silver and a bronze. While Korea and Czech Republic positioned third and fourth, Germany was the opposite crew to win one of many 10 gold medals.

It was the maiden World Cup medal for the 31-year-old Meghana, who had been a part of the crew that received a medal within the World Championships.

The 16-year-old Peng Xinlu took everybody’s breath away by taking pictures a world document 255.3 within the last. She shot 637.4 in qualification and missed the world document, held by compatriot Wang Zifei, by 0.2 level.

In males’s rifle 3-position occasion, Kiran Jadhav made the ultimate with a powerful rating of 590, however finally positioned eighth.

The outcomes: 10m air rifle: Women: 1. Peng Xinlu (Chn) 255.3 (WR) 637.4; 2. Jeanette-Hegg Duestad (Nor) 252.6 (634.1); 3. Meghana Sajjanar 230.0 (632.6); 22. Ramita Jindal 629.8; 48. Kashika Pradhan 626.6; RPO: Mehuli Ghosh 631.8.

50m rifle 3-position: Men: 1. Jiri Privratsky (Cze) 465.3 (594); 2. Dmitrii Pimenov (AIN) 464.3 (588); 3. Jon-Hermann Hegg (Nor) 450.6 (589); 8. Kiran Jadhav 406.7 (590); 21. Swapnil Kusale 587; 37. Babu Singh Panwar 583; RPO: Nikhil Tanwar 582; Goldi Gurjar 581.