Shooting World Cup: Sarabjot Singh clinches air pistol gold; Varun Tomar Gets Bronze  

Bhopal: India’s Sarabjot Singh won the men’s air pistol gold in the ISSF Pistol/Rifle World Cup on Wednesday, the first day of the competition being held in Bhopal. Adding to host India’s medal tally, teenage shooter Varun Tomar also bagged a bronze.

Sarabjot is the 2021 junior world champion shooter. The 21-year-old Sarabjot was in awesome form all through as he emerged leader at the end of the qualification round with 585 points.

Sarabjot was hitting the bullseye every time he took aim, with his scores of 98, 97, 99, 97, 97, 97 in the six qualification series suggesting he would be hard to beat. China’s Liu Jinyao was a close second at 584.