In air rifle shooting, Indian Olympian Divyasnsh Singh Panwar had struck gold in the men’s event with a world record score in the final while Sonam Uttam Maskar, competing in her first International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF) World Cup, bagged silver in the women’s 10-metre event in Cairo yesterday.
The 21-year-old shot 253.7 bettering Chinese Sheng Lihao’s 253.3, set at the Asian Games in Hangzhou last year. India is now firmly on the top of the table in the season-opening World Cup stage with two gold and three silver medals in their kitty after three days of competition.
This was Divyansh’s fifth overall World Cup stage gold and second individual gold after his last effort came in Putian in 2019.
