Shooting World Cup: Manu Bhaker ends her keep running with two golds medals

New Delhi, Mar 11 Indian gun shooter Manu Bhaker finished her keep running at the International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF) World Cup in Mexico's Guadalajara with two gold medals in the Women's 10m Pistol and the 10m Pistol Mixed Team event.

Bhaker agreed to the fifth place in the Women's 25m Pistol which was held on Saturday.

With Akhil Sheoran gold in Men's 50m Rifle yesterday, India stayed over the awards standings with four gold, one silver and four bronze medals for a total of nine.

China are second with two gold, two silver and one bronze medal. With Men's Skeet planned for now, the most recent day of the opposition, India will intend to wind up the first time winners of an ISSF World Cup stage.

On day eight of the event, Manu had met qualified for the Women's 25m Pistol last with a score of 581, which gave her fifth spot. The top eight women in the qualifying round make it to the finals.

Annu Raj Singh, the second Indian in the blend, shot 575 to complete tenth. It was a best field as usual in the last with both the reigning Olympic Champion in the occasion, Anna Korakaki of Greece and Rio bronze medalist Heidi Gerber of Switzerland qualifying in third and 6th spots separately. In the final, Korakaki was speediest of the pieces with Lamolle Mathilde of France, both scoring four hits out of five after the first series of shots.

It was still very closely grouped the second arrangement however China's Yan Chen and Korakaki were hoping to pull ahead after the third arrangement with 11 hits out of 15 each. Manu was down to fifth with 8 however pulled up to third after the fourth arrangement with 10 out of 20 hits. Manu got four out of five in the fifth arrangement to guarantee second spot after 25 shots with 15 hits. China's Chen was still in the number one spot with 17.

After the 6th series, Manu found herself in a shoot-off with the German shooter Skeries and French shooter Mathilde. Skeries at that point bowed out in 6th as both Manu and Mathilde got three hits to Skeries' one.

The Indian needed to agree to fifth place at long last as her 19 hits toward the finish of the seventh arrangement of five shots was three behind the pioneers and two behind the German Doreen Vennekamp who had 21 at that stage.

But it was no ceasing the Olympic Champion on the day, as she started the last tenth arrangement two in front of Vennekamp after Mathilde had made due with bronze with 24 hits in the last. Anna got four out five to end with 29 hits out of 50 to win first ISSF World Cup gold in the occasion. Vennekamp got silver with 27.

In the Women's Skeet, Rashmee Rathore was the best Indian finisher, scoring 105 out of 125 in capability for nineteenth place. Maheshwari Chauhan was 22ndwith 103 while Saniya Sheik was 23rd with 101.

Today, the last of the medals will be chosen in the Men's Skeet and maybe another shot by India at an award, with Smit Singh put at seventh after the initial two rounds of capability with a score of 48 out of 50.

Sheeraz Sheik has 45 and is in 30th spot while Angad Sir Singh Bajwa is in 48th position with a score of 42. Three more rounds of qualification will occur on Sunday before the best six fit the bill for the finals.