An almost-perfect performance sealed the most packed day of the schedule at the Dr. Karni Shooting Range in New Delhi (IND).
In the fourth final of the day, indeed, People’s Republic of China’s 39-year-old Hu Binyuan hit 79 out of 80 clays in the Double Trap Men final, securing the first ISSF crystal globe of his multi-decorated career and adding another achievement to the Bronze medal he claimed at the ISSF World Championship Shotgun in Moscow (RUS) last September.
Sailing towards the brightest medal with no hesitation, Hu put a relevant gap between him and his main rival, first-time World Cup Final participant Sangram Dahiya (27) of India, who eventually finished in 2nd place and collected the Silver medal with 76 hits.
Alongside Hu and Dahiya, the podium was completed by Italy’s Davide Gasparini: the 28-year-old took the second World Cup Final Bronze if his career, hitting 56 clays out of 60 and taking Italy’s tally in New Delhi to four total medals: one Gold, two Silvers and one Bronze.
Leader of the World Ranking and two-time World Cup medalist this year, Ankur Mittal (25) of India finished in 4th position, crushing 45 out of 50 targets in his World Cup Final debut.
Mittal was followed by 32-year-old Khaled Alkaabi of the United Arab Emirates, who took 5th place with 35 hits, and by British talent James Dedman, the World Championship Junior Gold medalist in Moscow (RUS) last September. The 19-year-old shooter, who also won a World Cup Bronze in New Delhi this year, finished with 24 hits out of 30 clays and placed 6th.
The ISSF World Cup Final in New Delhi (IND) will continue tomorrow with two more finals: the50m Rifle 3 Positions Women, scheduled at 12:00 pm (UTC+5:30); and the Trap Women, scheduled at 3:30 pm.
All finals will be streamed live on the ISSF website, on the Federation’s Livestream channel, on its official Facebook page and on the Olympic Channel.
Live results of the competition, news and updates will be available on www.issf-sports.org and on all ISSF social media platforms: Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, YouTube, Weibo and Youku.
Medal standings after 13 out of 18 events
| Rank | Nation | Individual | Team | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gold | Silver | Bronze | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total | ||
| 1 | CHN |
1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | |
| 2 | SRB |
2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | |||
| 3 | ITA |
1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | ||
| 4 | IND |
1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |||
| 5 | FRA |
1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||||
| 6 | USA |
1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | ||||
| 7 | HUN |
1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||||
| 7 | KOR |
1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||||
| 9 | DEN |
1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||
| 9 | ESP |
1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||
| 9 | JPN |
1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||
| 12 | UKR |
2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | |||||
| 13 | BLR |
1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||
| 13 | GBR |
1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||
| 13 | GER |
1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||
| 13 | ROU |
1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||
| 17 | ARG |
1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||
| 10 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 39 | ||
The ISSF World Cup Final in New Delhi (IND) will continue tomorrow with two more finals: the50m Rifle 3 Positions Women, scheduled at 12:00 pm (UTC+5:30); and the Trap Women, scheduled at 3:30 pm.
All finals will be streamed live on the ISSF website, on the Federation’s Livestream channel, on its official Facebook page and on the Olympic Channel.
Live results of the competition, news and updates will be available on www.issf-sports.org and on all ISSF social media platforms: Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, YouTube, Weibo and Youku.