Shooting World Cup: Manu Bhaker wins the air pistol bronze

Manu Bhaker won the air pistol bronze and missed the chance for a better medal by 0.5 points in the shooting World Cup in Granada, Spain, on Friday. While qualification topper Rhythm Sangwan (580) tumbled to the eighth spot, Manu stayed strong before being pipped by Andrea Miranda of Mexico.

Interestingly, Miranda tied with Klaudia Bres of Poland at 236.2 after 24 shots in the final, but the latter won the shoot-off 10.2 to 9.8 for the gold. In men’s air pistol, Sarabjot Singh shot 581 and placed 10th, as he missed the final by two points. India continued to stay on the top of the medals table comfortably with four gold, three silver and three bronze. Georgia was second with a gold, a silver and two bronze.