CWG 2018: Ravi Kumar shoots bronze in men’s 10m air rifle
India’s Ravi Kumar bagged the bronze medal in men’s 10 metre air rifle shooting competition at the 21st Commonwealth Games…
IANS | Gold Coast | April 8, 2018 10:18 am
Ravi Kumar (Photo: Twitter/PMO India)
India’s Ravi Kumar bagged the bronze medal in men’s 10 metre air rifle shooting competition at the 21st Commonwealth Games here on Sunday.
Ravi shot a total of 224.1 to finish behind Australian Dane Sampson (245) and Bangladesh’s Abdullah Hel Baki (244.7), who won the gold and silver, respectively at the Belmont Shooting Centre here.
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Deepak Kumar, the other finalist from India, however, was eliminated from the final.
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