Aishwary Pratap Singh Tomar came up with a dominant performance in clinching the men’s 50-metre rifle 3-position gold in the shooting World Cup in Changwon, Korea, on Saturday.
After qualifying in style with 593 out of 600, which was four points better than the next best score, the 21-year-old Indian topped the ranking round with 409.8, a total that was 3.1 points better than the silver medallist Zalan Pekler of Hungary.
In the gold contest, Aishwary led 12-4 before the Pekler bridged the gap to 14-12 before Aishwary scored 10.1 to 9.6 by the Hungarian to seal victory.
