Olympic-bound Rahi Sarnobat displayed sensational form to clinch the women’s 25m pistol Gold medal at the ISSF shooting World Cup here on Monday but teen sensation Manu Bhaker ended seventh in the same event.
Sarnobat’s Gold is India’s first in the ongoing edition after the country secured one Silver and two Bronze medals earlier in the tournament. The 30-year-old Sarnobat fired a final score of 39 after qualifying second with a total of 591. Her stupendous performance in the final included perfect scores in the third, fourth, fifth and the sixth series.
“This competition was absolutely not about performance or medal because I was trying out a few things which I am going to do in the Olympic Games and this is the final competition before that.
“It was more about trying out things and finalising every thing before the Olympics for the last time and that was just that,” she said.