Angad Bajwa and Ganemat Sekhon shoot gold in Skeet Mixed Team at New Delhi Shooting World Cup

by Kheltoday · Published March 23, 2021 · Updated March 24, 2021

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Angad Bajwa and Ganemat Sekhon showing off their gold medals at New Delhi’s Dr. Karni SIngh range on Tuesday

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New Delhi : India’s Skeet Mixed Team pairing of Angad Bajwa and Ganemat Sekhon, won their country her seventh gold medal of the International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF) World Cup Rifle/Pistol/Shotgun being held in New Delhi’s Dr. Karni Singh Shooting range, when they beat Kazakhstan’s Alexandr Yechshenko and Olga Panarina 33-29 in the final on Tuesday. This was India’s fifth medal from the Skeet competitions alone and the hosts now continue to top the medals tally with a total of 15 medals, which includes four silver and four bronze medals as well.

Medalists at Skeet Mixed Team event at New Delhi Shooting World Cup 2021
L-R: Olga Panarina, Alexandr Yechshenko, Angad Bajwa, Ganemat Sekhon, Rashi Hamad, Reem Al Sharshani.

In the only final scheduled on competition day five, Angad and Ganemat first topped the six-team qualification round with a combined total of 141 out of 150 shots, to make it to the gold medal match. The Kazakhs were a point behind with 140.

The second Indian pairing of Mairaj Ahmad Khan and Parinaaz Dhaliwal made it to the bronze medal match where they eventually lost narrowly to the Qatari pair of Reem Al Sharshani and Rashid Hamad 31-32.

In the other events of the day, Sanjeev Rajput of India, qualified for the finals of the Men’s 50M Rifle 3 Positions event with a quality score of 1172, to top the charts. In-fact all three Indians made it to the final, scheduled for Wednesday morning.

Fellow Tokyo Olympics quota holder Aishwary Pratap Singh Tomar shot 1165 to finish fifth while Niraj Kumar bagged the eighth and final qualifying spot, piping Air Rifle legend Peter Sidi of Hungary when he too finished with 1165. Sidi was ninth with 1164.

In the Women’s 25M Pistol where the first precision round was held, all three Indians were on top of the leaderboard. Indian number one Rahi Sarnobat was perched at the summit with a score of 291, while Chinky Yadav was lying second with 289. Manu Bhaker was third with a score of 288. Wednesday has the Rapid Fire round scheduled before the top eight make it to the final, which is also scheduled on the same day.

In-fact, Wednesday, competition day six of the World Cup, has three big finals scheduled. Besides, the Men’s 50M Rifle 3 Positions and the Women’s 25M Pistol, the Women’s 50M Rifle 3 Positions final is also slated for the day.

A total of 12 nations have medals in the tournament so far. While India leads the field, USA are second with two golds and four medals, while Kazakhstan is third with four medals, including a solitary gold.