India Arya Bors and Arjun Babuta (photo credit: x) Indian shooters Arya Bors and Arjun Babuta on Saturday at the World Cup at the World Cup at the World Cup ISSF released a gold medal and defeated the Chinese Olympic and World Champions Zifei Wang and Lihao Sheng with a commanding score of 17-7.The Indian couple qualified for the final by scoring 635.2 in the qualification, only marginally for the world’s record score of the Chinese duo 635.9.This victory refers to the Indian Fourth Medal and the second gold at the ongoing World Championship, after Gold and the Bronze Medal Suruchi Singh won at the beginning of this week.Norwegian Jeanette Hegg Duestad and Jon-Hermann Hegg secured the bronze medal by defeating the US Sagen Maddalena and Peter Matthew Fiori 16-14.Another Indian couple Elavenil Valarivan and AnkuSh Jadhav finished sixth in qualifying with a score of 631.8.In the final, although the early leadership admitted when Arya shot 9.8, the Indian duo dominated the match. They maintained an exceptional consistency, with one shot below 10.5 in the next seven series, after eight series they built a considerable 13-3 leadership.Although the Chinese couple managed to win the next two series narrowly, Bors and Babuta sealed their final round victories. Arjun connected Sheng with the same 10.1s, while Arya overcame Wang with 10.6 against 10.4.At the beginning of this year, Arya Borsa won a silver medal for the same event at the Lima World Championship in Peru and a partnership with Rudrankksh Patil.In the event Mixed Team Air Pistol Air Pistol showed Indian pairs of mixed results. Manu Bhaker and Aditya Malra finished sixth with a total of 577 in qualifications, while Suuruchi Singh and Varun Tomar placed the tenth with 576.The performance of gold victory showed the growing bravery of the Indian team in international shooting competitions, especially against established champions.
