CNN Central News & Network–ITDC India Epress/ITDC News Bhopal: India delivered an outstanding performance at the ISSF World Cup currently underway in Buenos Aires, Argentina, surpassing China in the medal tally on Tuesday. Suruchi Singh and Vijayveer Sidhu secured gold medals in their respective categories, increasing India’s total to four gold medals at the event.

Suruchi Claims Gold in 10m Air Pistol, Beats Three Chinese Shooters

18-year-old Suruchi Inder Singh staged a remarkable comeback in the women’s 10m air pistol event, defeating three top Chinese shooters to win the gold medal.

Up to the ninth shot in the final, Suruchi was trailing behind Qian Wei, but a rare low score of 8.9 momentarily pushed her down to fourth place. Nevertheless, she held her nerves and bounced back with impressive shots of 10.7 and 10.8 to regain the lead. After four eliminations, she was ahead of Wei by just 0.5 points.

Olympic medalist Jiang Ranxin won the bronze medal after defeating Yao Qiansun in a shoot-off.

Suruchi had also topped the qualification round with a score of 583. China’s Wei (582-23x) and Ranxin (582-17x) secured the second and third positions respectively.

Vijayveer Continues Golden Run in 25m Rapid Fire Pistol

In the men’s 25m rapid fire pistol event, Vijayveer Sidhu overcame a poor start to win the gold medal. In the first series, he hit the target only once, but came back strong by scoring four hits in each of the next three series, climbing to second place.

As soon as Russia’s Ivan Seminikhin was eliminated, Vijayveer tightened his grip on the contest with a perfect five-hit round. In the end, Vijayveer and Italy’s Riccardo Mazzetti were tied for the top spot with 25 hits each. China’s Yang Yuhao had to settle for bronze with 23 hits.

Other Indian shooters Gurpreet Singh (10th place, 575 points) and Anish Bhanwala (13th place, 570 points) failed to qualify for the finals.

India Tops the Medal Tally

India has so far won 4 gold, 1 silver, and 1 bronze in the tournament. China follows in second place with 3 gold, 2 silver, and 3 bronze medals.

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