ISSF World Cup: India Jointly Tops with Hungary with 3 Medals

ISSF World Cup: India Jointly Tops with Hungary with 3 Medals

  • The 2019 ISSF World Cup was held from February 20 to 28, 2019 in New Delhi by the International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF).

  • This World Cup was also the qualification tournaments for the 2020 Olympic Games.

  • India finished joint third with Hungary on Medal Tally list with 3 medals (all gold).

  • However, of the 14 quota places offered by tournament for the 2020 Tokyo Games, India managed to secure only one Olympic quota.
  • China finished third with most number of medals (10 [1-6-3]) and also secured 5 quota places for Tokyo 2020 Olympic.

  • List of the three gold medals from India:
    1. Women’s 10m Air Rifle event – Apurvi Chandela 
    2. Men’s 10m Air Pistol event – Saurabh Chaudhary
    3. 10-metre Air Pistol Mixed Team Event – Saurabh Chaudhary and Manu Bhaker

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