New Delhi, June 8: Manish Narwal and Rubina Francis won the 10m P6 air pistol mixed team event to clinch India’s third gold medal at the ongoing World Shooting Para Sport World Cup in Chateauroux, France on Wednesday.
Narwal and Francis, who aggregated a world record qualifying score of 565 to enter the final at the top position, defeated the Chinese pair of Yang Chao and Min Li 17-11 in the title clash. The Indian pair totalled 274.3.
Narwal scored 138.7 in the final six shots. He shot consistent scores of 10s and 9s, but Francis also matched her fancied partner with 9s, a few 8s and 10.
On Tuesday, Sriharsha Devaraddi Ramakrishna became the second Indian para shooter to earn a quota for the Paris Paralympics after securing a gold medal in mixed 10m air rifle SH2 event.
Ramakrishna produced a final score of 253.1 to claim gold. Ramakrishna followed the extraordinary show of Tokyo 2020 Paralympic champion Avani Lekhara, who set a new world record en route clinching her gold. (PTI)
