Cairo: Leading Indian shooter Shiva Narwal marked his return to the global stage after a long hiatus by clinching gold in the men’s 10m air pistol event at the ISSF Junior World Cup (Rifle/Pistol/Shotgun) while Chirag Sharma added to the tally by securing bronze in the same event, here on Tuesday.
In addition to the double podium on the opening day, Panaah Bhugra fetched the silver in the women’s 10m air rifle, taking India’s tally to three medals across all colours.
Narwal continued his form from the qualification to claim gold with a score of 241.8, finishing 1.8 ahead of Uzbekistan’s Sodikjon Abdullaev, who secured silver. Chirag completed the podium with 218.9, while Abhinav Deshwal, the third Indian in the final, finished seventh with 136.7.
