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Bhaker-Foroughi wins Air Pistol Mixed Team gold

Sentinel Digital Desk

WROCLAW: India's woman pistol ace Manu Bhaker and Irans reigning Olympic champion Javad Foroughi, won the 10m air pistol mixed team gold at the ongoing ISSF President's Cup Rifle/Pistol here.

The Indo-Iranian pair got the better of the French-Russian duo of Mathilde Lamolle and Artem Chernousov 16-8 in the gold medal match, in a late-evening match on Friday.

Among the other Indians in the field, Abhishek Verma paired with Ukranian Olena Kostevych to finish sixth, while the pairing of Saurabh Chaudhary and Swiss Heidi Gerber Diethelm also made it among the top-eight semifinalists to finish seventh. IANS

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