ISSF WC: India finish third, take positives from South American leg

The Indian shooting team ended third in the standings as the Peru International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF) World Cup wrapped up proceedings on Monday, with Australia taking the final gold on offer in the mixed team trap event.

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The Indian pairs Prithviraj Tondaiman/Pragati Dubey and Lakshay Sheoran/Neeru finished eighth and 12th respectively with scores 134 and 128 out of 150 targets, in qualification respectively. As China topped the tally with four gold, three silver and six bronze medals, USA came in second with a silver and five bronze medals less. India's final tally read two gold, four silvers and the lone bronze won by Saurabh Chaudhary in the men's air pistol.

Earlier in the day, Simranpreet Kaur Brar had won silver in the women's 25m pistol, to give India their seventh medal and a fourth silver of the competition.

India will take a lot of positives from the double-legged South American World Cup leg, which kickstarted the new international season. In the previous Argentina World Cup, India had finished second to China with a haul of four gold, two silver and two bronze medals.