¨
Samrat
Rana won the gold medal in the men’s 10m air pistol event at the ISSF World
Championship in Cairo on 10 November.
¨ He became the first Indian to win an individual
world title in the men’s air pistol category.
¨ Rana scored 243.7, defeating China’s Hu Kai
by 0.4 points.
¨ Varun Tomar won the bronze, giving India a
double podium finish in the event.
¨ Both Rana and Tomar had earlier topped the
qualification round with 586 points.
¨ Rana, along with Varun Tomar and Sharavan
Kumar, also helped India win the gold medal in the men's 10m air pistol team
event.
¨ At 22 years old, Rana has become only the
fifth Indian shooter to win a world title in an Olympic event.
¨ He joins the elite list of Abhinav Bindra,
Rudraksh Patil, Tejaswini Sawant and the mixed team pair of Shiv Narwal and
Esha Singh.
¨ Additionally, Manu Bhaker missed an
individual podium but won silver in the women’s team event with Esha Singh and
Suruchi Singh.
¨ India’s medal tally at the Cairo
Championships has increased to nine, including three gold, three silver, and
three bronze.
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India
currently stands second in the medal tally behind China.
