ISSF World Cup 2019: Saurabh Chaudhary, Manu Bhaker win Gold in 10m Air Pistol Mixed Team Event

The Indian pair of Manu Bhaker and Saurabh Chaudhary won a gold medal in the 10m Air Pistol Mixed team event at the ISSF Shooting World Cup in Beijing on Thursday. 

The pair defeated Jiang Ranxin and Pang Wei of China by 16-6 in the gold medal battle. Bhaker and Chaudhary had clinched a gold in the same category in the New Delhi edition of the shooting World Cup in February this year also.

This is India's second gold at the World Cup after Anjum Moudgil and Divyansh Singh Panwar bagged a gold medal in the 10m Air Rifle Mixed Team event earlier in the day. Moudgil and Panwar registered a 17-15 win over Chinese pair of Liu Ruxuan and Yang Haoran.

Bhaker and Saurabh had finished fifth with 482 points in qualification. The final that happened in a new format saw the top two teams lock horns for the gold medal.