India top medals tally in historic ISSF World Cup outing

A podium eluded them on the final day but India had done enough to finish their best-ever campaign at the ISSF World Cup in Guadalajara, Mexico, at the top of the medals tally with four gold, one silver and three bronze.

Two-time Olympic champion Vincent Hancock of the USA won the men’s skeet competition, the concluding event of the year’s first International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF) World Cup.

Among the three Indian shooters in the fray, Smit Singh shot 116 in the qualifying to be placed 15th, Angad Bajwa shot 115 to end in 18th spot while Sheeraz Sheikh secured the 30th spot with a score of 112. India, however, topped the medals tally for the first time in an ISSF competition with four gold, one silver and four bronze for a total of nine medals.

Hancock, who had won gold at the Beijing and London Olympics, had gone into a bit of a slump after winning the 2015 World Championships and made a comeback of sorts with this win. He did it in style by first topping qualification with a sublime 123 out of 125 and then followed it up in the final, with a world record equalling 59 out of …read more