Abhinav Bindra, Chain Singh Shoot Double Gold Medals in Hannover Meet
Abhinav Bindra, upcoming Chain Singh warm up for Shooting World Cup in the US.
- NDTVSports
- Updated: May 04, 2015 06:19 PM IST
India's top rifle shooters, including Beijing Olympic gold medalist Abhinav Bindra, warmed up in style for the upcoming shooting World Cup in Fort Benning, USA, when they returned a rich haul of three gold and two bronze medals in the just concluded International Shooting Competition of Hannover. The tournament, held from April 24 to May 3 at the National Shooting Center, featured more than 1000 shooters from around the world.
Bindra won both the individual and team golds in his pet 10m Air Rifle event while upcoming talent Chain Singh added the 50m men's rifle prone gold to his 10m air rifle team gold, which he won alongside Bindra and London Olympics bronze medalist Gagan Narang.
Narang also won the bronze medal in the men's 50m Rifle 3 positions event. Rising woman rifle shooter, Apurvi Chandela, who recently helped India bag an Olympic quota place in Korea, also won a bronze in the Air Rifle event.
All the medal winners will be in action next week in Fort Benning, USA for the ISSF Rifle/Pistol World Cup and aiming to bag as many Rio Olympic quota places as possible for their country, before the quadrennial sporting showpiece gets under way next year.