Published on 06 Jun 2024

Arunovic and Sarabjot Singh earn 10m air pistol titles at Munich World Cup

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Serbia’s Zorana Arunovic earned the sixth individual World Cup title of her career as she dominated the 10m air pistol women final in Munich.

The 37-year-old, (pictured), who set the world record mark of 246.9 at the 2017 European Championships, finished on 244.4 points at the Olympic Shooting Range, with silver going to China’s world champion Jiang Ranxin, who totalled 240.1.

Jiang’s compatriot Li Xue, world bronze medallist, had topped qualifying and she eventually earned another bronze as Kim Yeji of the Republic of Korea, the 25m pistol world record holder, settled for fourth place.

Liu Heng Yu of Chinese Taipei was fifth, one place ahead of Manja Slak of Slovenia, with Haniyeh Rostamiyan of Iran finishing seventh and Turkey’s Sevval Tarhan eighth.

The men’s 10m air pistol title went to India’s Sarabjot Singh, who was never headed from the first round onwards and eventually secured gold with 242.7 points.

China’s Bu Shuaihang applied serious pressure with his final two shots, reducing the 1.4 points gap to 0.2 after scoring 10.5 and 9.5, but his Indian rival had just enough to spare after shooting 9.5 and 9.3.

Bronze went to Germany’s World Cup Final champion Robin Walter, who drew level with Singh in the fourth round before dropping back with efforts of 9.2 and 9.9.

Walter secured bronze, however, finishing ahead of Turkey’s Yusuf Dikec.

China’s world champion Zhang Bowen was fifth, one place ahead of Italy’s Paolo Monna, with Jindrich Dubovy of the Czech Republic seventh and Ukraine’s Viktor Bankin eighth.

Mixed team gold went to the Turkish pairing of Tarhan and Dikec, who earned a 17-13 win over China’s Jiang Ranxin and Xie Yu, who had set a qualifying world record of 587, equalling the mark set three years earlier by India's Manu Bhaker and Chaudhary Saurabh.

Oh Ye Jin and Lee Wonho of the Republic of Korea won the bronze-medal match 16-14 against the Armenian pairing of Elmira Karapetyan and Benik Khlghatyan.