India’s Rudransh Khandelwal and Nihal Singh settled for silver and bronze respectively in the combined 50m pistol (SH1) class as a gold medal eluded the hosts on day three of the Para Shooting World Cup.
Rudransh, Nihal and Tokyo Paralympics silver medallist Singhraj additionally bagged the combined 50m pistol (SH1) group silver with China claiming the highest step on the rostrum.
Teenaged shooter Rudransh, who had secured a Paris Paralympic berth final yr, shot 223.2 in last to complete behind Italy’s Davide Francesschetti, who totalled 230.0 for the gold medal.
Nihal needed to accept a bronze medal with 202.8 factors.
Earlier in the qualification spherical, Rudransh shot 530 and Nihal 527 to enter the eight-shooter last positioned sixth and seventh.
In the combined 50m pistol (SH1) group occasion, the trio of Rudransh (530), Nihal (527) and Singhraj (516) aggregated 1573 for the silver medal with China taking the gold with a mixed rating 1611.
Rifle shooter Mona Agarwal is the one one to date to have gained a gold medal for India in the celebrated Para World Cup for India.
