Arjun bags silver; India third on medals tally

Paris Olympian Arjun Babuta clinched the silver medal in the men's 10m air rifle event while Arya Borse finished a creditable fifth in the women's event in her first ever final of the ISSF World Cup here.

- Agencies

LIMA:

In a nail-biting final, Babuta (252.3), who had finished fourth at the Paris Games last year, lost by just 0.1 points to reigning Olympic champion Sheng Lihao of China (252.4).

Seasoned Hungary shooter Istvan Peni, with over 40 ISSF medals to his name, bagged the bronze in what was a world-class field with a total of 229.8.

The final featured a star-studded line-up, including reigning world champion and Paris silver medallist Victor Lindgren of Sweden, Jon-Hermann Hegg of Norway and India's former world champion Rudrankksh Patil.

India had a chance for a double podium finish, but Rudrankksh was unfortunately docked his 11th shot by the jury due to a technical infraction. As a result, Indian finished eighth, bowing out at the first elimination stage.

Patil had won gold at the World Cup in Buenos Aires last week.