Ganemat Sekhon and Mairaj Ahmad within the World Cup in Cairo, Egypt, on Sunday.
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Olympian Mairaj Ahmad Khan and Ganemat Sekhon received the gold in blended skeet as they outclassed Gabriela Rodriguez and Luis Oliveros of Mexico 6-0 within the shotgun World Cup in Cairo, Egypt, on Sunday.
The Indian pair topped qualification with 143, the identical as Mexico, and received the shoot-off 4-3 to get the No.1 rank earlier than the gold match. The Indian duo established itself by profitable in three rounds 8-5, 6-5, 5-4 with every spherical getting two factors for the upper rating.
It was redemption time, particularly for Mairaj as he had fared beneath par within the particular person occasion.
“I was very confident from the start. We were confident of winning gold today. We are getting ready for the Paris Olympics,” mentioned Mairaj.
The outcomes: Mixed skeet: 1. India (Mairaj Ahmad Khan, Ganemat Sekhon) 6 (143); 2. Mexico (Gabriela Rodriguez, Luis Oliveros) 0 (143); 3. Italy (Simona Scocchetti, Gabriele Rossetti) 6 (142); 4. Ukraine (Iryna Malovichko, Milola Milchev) 2 (142). 10. India-2 (Maheshwari Chauhan, Anant Jeet Singh Naruka) 140.
