World University Games and India
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2023
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India clinch 3 gold, 1 bronze in World University Games:
Shooters led the show with three gold as India opened their account with four medals in the World University Games at Chengdu, China. Elavenil Valarivan, a silver medallist in the 2019 edition in Italy, bettered her performance to clinch the first gold medal in the 10m Air Rifle women’s event. Manu Bhaker won the second gold in 10m Air Pistol event. AGENCIES
B: India rises to no. 4
July 31, 2023: The Times of India
New Delhi : The compound mixed archery team of Aman Saini and Pragati clinched a gold medal, India’s fourth in the event, at the World University Games in Chengdu, China. Aman and Pragati put up a brilliant show in the final to win the yellow metal, beating Korea’s Sua Cho and Seunghyun Park 157-156 in a thrilling summit clash.
The bronze was bagged by Mingching Lin and Z-wei Wu of Chinese Taipei. India are currently placed fourth in the medal standings with 10 medals including four gold, two silver and four bronze. The Indians won two more medals in archery in men’s and women’s compound team events.
While the men’s compound team of Sangampreet Bisla, Aman Saini and Rishabh Yadav won a bronze beating Korea’s Minchang Kwon, Hakjin Sim and Seunghyun Park 229-225, women’s compound trio of Purvasha, Pragati and Avneet lost 224-229 to Korea’s Sooin Sim, Seungyeon Han and Sua Cho in the final to settle for the silver. The bronze in this event was bagged by Yihsuan Lo, Yen-hua Hsu and Mingching Lin of Chinese Taipei.
Apart from archery, the Indians also bagged two medals in shooting. The trio of Vijayveer, Udayveer Si dhu and Adarsh Singh won a silver in the 25m rapid fire pistol team event with a cumulative score of 1729. Surya Pratap, Sartaj Singh and Aishwary Tomar won abronze in the 50m rifle team category. With 583 points, Vijayveer has a lso sailed to the individual final of the 25m rapid fire pistol event. Aishwary also made it into the final of individual 50m rifle event. PTI
C: India rises to no. 2
August 1, 2023: The Times of India
New Delhi: Indian shooters and compound archers ruled the roost, bagging six medals including four gold at the World University Games in Chengdu, China. Shooters Aishwary Pratap Singh Tomar, Divyansh Singh Panwar and Arjun Babuta joined forces to outclass local favourites China to win the 10m air rifle men’s team gold.
The Indian trio, with a combined score of 1894. 7, beat China’s Li Xinmiao, Song Buhan and Zhu Xiaozhong (1881. 9) to clinch the yellow metal while Kazakhstan finished third. Aishwary and Divyansh then made it a one-two finish in the 10m air rifle men’s individual event.
In a dominant display, Aishwary consistently shot scores in the higher 10s for a total of 252. 6 to snatch the gold as Divyansh had to be content with a silver. China’s Buhan was a distant third with a score of 229. 0
Compound archers also contributed to India’s tally, adding two golds and a bronze medal.
Avneet Kaur pipped USA’s Alyssa Grace Sturgill in a thrilling shoot off to clinch the compound women’s individual gold. After the scores were tied at 144-144, the gold medal match entered a shoot off. Sturgill was first to go, shooting a disappointing 8 while Avneet kept her calm to land a 10. Sangampreet Bisla and Aman Saini clinched the gold and bronze medals in the men’s individual event. Needing a nine to win, Sangampreet send the arrow to 10 to secure the gold medal, quashing South African Christian De Klerk’s hopes of a top finish. In the bronze medal match, Aman fended off a challenge from Frenchmen Bouleau Victor 148-146 to grab the last spot on the podium.
India are currently tied second in the medal standings with Japan. PTI
