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Super Saurabh Chaudhary and Rahi Sarnobat sizzle
Updated On: 28 May, 2019 09:06 AM IST | New Delhi | PTI
Chaudhary wins gold in 10m air pistol with world record; Rahi tops podium in 25m pistol for Olympic quota berth

India's Rahi Sarnobat (centre) with her 25m pistol gold yesterday
Rahi Sarnobat yesterday booked an Olympic quota place for India with a gold in women's 25m pistol event, but it was teenager Saurabh Chaudhary who stole the limelight by setting a new world record en route to a yellow metal at the season's third ISSF World Cup in Munich. Saurabh bagged his second World Cup gold of the year in men's 10m air pistol event, shattering both the senior and junior world records in the process. India now top the Munich World Cup medals tally with three gold. China are second with one gold, one silver and three bronze medals.
Asian Games champion Rahi clinched her career's second World Cup gold, which helped India win its sixth quota place in shooting for 2020 Tokyo Olympics. In the women's final, another Indian in the fray, Manu Bhaker had a better start than Rahi, having five out of five hits in the first of 10 series of five shots each. Rahi started with three hits. After the sixth series, Manu, Rahi and Olena Kostevych of Ukraine were jointly tied at the top with a score of 21. Manu had an unfortunate double weapon malfunction in the seventh series and that was followed by shock elimination in the fifth place.
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