India win two Gold Medals in Shooting at ISSF World Cup in Egypt

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India clinched two gold medals on the second day of the ongoing ISSF Shooting World Cup at Cairo in Egypt.
Indian 10m Air Rifle Mixed team of Narmada Nithin Raju and RudrankkshBalasaheb Patil and 10m Air Pistol Mixed team of Rhythm Sangwan and Varun Tomar have bagged the yellow metals.
Indian rifle team trounced Hungary’s Eszter Denes and Istvan Peni 16-6 in the gold medal play-off to bag the top spot on the podium.
In the bronze medal contest, the German combination of Lisa Mueller and Maximilian Dallinger got better of Switzerland’s Nina Christen and Christoph Duerr 16-12.
In the 10m Air Pistol Mixed team event, the pair of Varun Tomar and Rhythm Sangwan routed Serbian pair Zorana Arunovic and Damir Mikec 16-10 to win the gold medal. Germany took third place after beating France 16-6 in the bronze medal play-off. Another Indian team of DivyaSubbaraju and Sarabjot Singh missed out on a medal round after finishing fifth.
The 19-year-old Varun also won bronze in the 10m Air Pistol Men event after beating compatriot Sarabjot.
India has so far won three medals in the competition with 2 golds and a bronze.

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