India has got the hosting rights for the 2020 International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF) Combined World Cup, confirmed the ISSF Executive Committee. The World Cup having all three rifle, pistol and shotgun events, will be played in New Delhi from March 15 to March 26 next year.

Manu Bhaker has said that according to her, maintaining the scores and a good form is “tougher” than getting a quota for the Olympics. The 17-year-old Indian shooter missed out on a bronze medal at the ISSF World Cup in Munich but still managed to get a place at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.

Indian shooters Anjum Moudgil and Divyansh Panwar won the mixed team gold medal against compatriots Apurvi Chandela and Deepak Kumar in the 10m Air Rifle category, who had to settle for silver. This was India’s fourth gold in the tournament as they now lead the table with five medals.

17-year-old Manu Bhaker finally managed to qualify for the final stage in the 10m category after amassing 582 points in qualifying and finishing third. A win now would secure her a spot in the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo after she failed to do so in the 25m category following a weapon malfunction.

India’s Asiad silver medalist Deepak Kumar failed to reach the final of men’s air rifle by 1.2 points as he could only score a decent 628.3 that eventually wasn’t enough to qualify. Gaayathri Nithyanandam, Sunidhi Chauhan, and Kajal Saini advanced into the final women’s rifle 3-position event.

India’s Saurabh Chaudhary bagged the gold medal in the men’s 10 air pistol final after he shot a total 246.3 to comfortably finish ahead of Russia’s Artem Chernousov who shot 243.8. Meanwhile, Shahzar Rizvi had to settle for the fifth spot as she scored 177.6 in the ongoing ISSF World Cup in Munich.