{"id":319203,"date":"2023-05-10T16:09:11","date_gmt":"2023-05-10T16:09:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/haftavasool.com\/haftavasool\/blog\/2023\/05\/10\/issf-world-cup-india-open-account-with-rhythms-bronze-more-sports-news-times-of-india\/"},"modified":"2023-05-10T16:09:11","modified_gmt":"2023-05-10T16:09:11","slug":"issf-world-cup-india-open-account-with-rhythms-bronze-more-sports-news-times-of-india","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/haftavasool.com\/haftavasool\/blog\/2023\/05\/10\/issf-world-cup-india-open-account-with-rhythms-bronze-more-sports-news-times-of-india\/","title":{"rendered":"ISSF World Cup: India open account with Rhythm&#8217;s bronze | More sports News &#8211; Times of India"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<br \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.toiimg.com\/photo\/msid-100140349,imgsize-72312.cms\" \/><\/p>\n<div>NEW DELHI: <!-- -->Rhythm Sangwan<!-- --> staged a fantastic comeback at the back-end of the women&#8217;s 10m air pistol final to clinch a bronze medal at the <!-- -->ISSF World Cup<!-- --> Rifle\/Pistol in Baku, Azerbaijan.<br \/>Rhythm finished behind two former Olympic champions, gold medal winner <!-- -->Anna Korakaki<!-- --> of Greece and silver medallist <!-- -->Olena Kostevych<!-- --> of Ukraine.<br \/>Rhythm&#8217;s effort warmed Indian hearts after <!-- -->Sarabjot Singh<!-- --> and Esha Singh both missed out on medals despite qualifying for the finals in the men&#8217;s and women&#8217;s 10m air pistol respectively.<\/p>\n<p>On a day when the ISSF reverted to the Tokyo Olympics format, Rhythm shot 581 and Esha 579 in the 60-shot qualification stage to qualify for the eight-woman 24-shot final in third and seventh spots respectively.<br \/>A third Olympic champion in the finals field, Tokyo Mixed Team winner Jiang Ranxin of China had topped the field with a 588, seven ahead of second-best Kim Bomi of Korea.<br \/>Ukrainian legend Kostevych was the strongest of the blocks with a solid 10.6, but the Indians struggled early, particularly Esha who began with three shots in the eight-ring.<br \/>After 10-shots, Anna was in the lead with Olena behind her while Rhythm and Esha were in fifth and sixth positions.<br \/>At the end of the 20th however, while Esha had fallen away and finished in sixth place, Rhythm was up to third and a point behind second placed Olena and 2.7 behind Anna.<br \/>She kept fighting but eventually stopped a point behind the Ukrainian with 219.1 on the board. 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