It was ‘win some, miss some’ for Indian shooters on Saturday night in Lima. While Arjun Babuta won silver, the gold was missed by a mere 0.1 points in the men’s 10m air rifle event at the World Cup in Peru’s capital.
On the other hand, in the same final, Buenos Aires gold medallist and former World Champion shooter Rudrankksh Patil crashed from fourth position to last after his rifle misfired due to a malfunction. Later, on Sunday, Rudrankksh Patil kept the disappointment aside and regrouped with Arya Borse to win silver in the 10m air rifle mixed event.
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The Indian pair lost the gold medal match to Norway’s Jeanette Duestad Hegg and Jon-Hermann Hegg 17-11. Babuta was ahead of the eventual gold medallist Sheng Lihao of China from the 10th shot onwards. The Paris Olympics participant shot high 10s to stay ahead of the Games’ double gold medallist.
The Indian maintained the lead till the 22nd shot, but Lihao then shot a 10.9 and 10.3 to surge ahead, while Babuta shot 10.3 and 10.5 to lose by 0.1 point. Babuta scored 252.3, while Lihao took gold with 252.4. The silver went to Istvan Peni of Hungary with 229.8. “I had been struggling in the finals for a long time.
I wasn’t keeping the scores throughout the match and was trying to focus only on my shots,” he later told TOI. Babuta added that losing the gold by 0.1 point didn’t matter in the end. “I had been finishing fourth (including Paris) since many finals, so a silver was a good deal. I am not losing my sleep over the missed gold. I think I must cherish the silver and work with more confidence for other tournaments,” he added.
Meanwhile, for Patil, his journey ended after the 10th shot, which was fired inadvertently. As he tried to take position, his rifle fired a shot after amalfunction. The jury at the range registered the shot and since the pellet didn’t hit the target, he got zero.
At that point, Patil was at fourth position and looked poised to climb up with 10.8 and 10.6 off his last two shots. The misfire gave his 11th shot a zero and the Indian didn’t shoot the 12th shot as it was redundant with him dropping to the eighth position in the eight-man final.
On the other hand, in the same final, Buenos Aires gold medallist and former World Champion shooter Rudrankksh Patil crashed from fourth position to last after his rifle misfired due to a malfunction. Later, on Sunday, Rudrankksh Patil kept the disappointment aside and regrouped with Arya Borse to win silver in the 10m air rifle mixed event.
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The Indian pair lost the gold medal match to Norway’s Jeanette Duestad Hegg and Jon-Hermann Hegg 17-11. Babuta was ahead of the eventual gold medallist Sheng Lihao of China from the 10th shot onwards. The Paris Olympics participant shot high 10s to stay ahead of the Games’ double gold medallist.
The Indian maintained the lead till the 22nd shot, but Lihao then shot a 10.9 and 10.3 to surge ahead, while Babuta shot 10.3 and 10.5 to lose by 0.1 point. Babuta scored 252.3, while Lihao took gold with 252.4. The silver went to Istvan Peni of Hungary with 229.8. “I had been struggling in the finals for a long time.
I wasn’t keeping the scores throughout the match and was trying to focus only on my shots,” he later told TOI. Babuta added that losing the gold by 0.1 point didn’t matter in the end. “I had been finishing fourth (including Paris) since many finals, so a silver was a good deal. I am not losing my sleep over the missed gold. I think I must cherish the silver and work with more confidence for other tournaments,” he added.
Meanwhile, for Patil, his journey ended after the 10th shot, which was fired inadvertently. As he tried to take position, his rifle fired a shot after amalfunction. The jury at the range registered the shot and since the pellet didn’t hit the target, he got zero.
At that point, Patil was at fourth position and looked poised to climb up with 10.8 and 10.6 off his last two shots. The misfire gave his 11th shot a zero and the Indian didn’t shoot the 12th shot as it was redundant with him dropping to the eighth position in the eight-man final.
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