Young Indian shooter Samrat Rana came up with breathtaking show of marksmanship to clinch the men&rsquo;s 10m air pistol gold at the prestigious <a href="https://www.mid-day.com/sports/other-sports/article/issf-world-championships-anish-bhanwala-wins-silver-in-the-event-23602423" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">ISSF</a> World Championships, here on Monday.
Samrat, who hails from Karnal, shot 243.7 in the final to beat back the challenge of China&rsquo;s Hu Kai, who took the silver in a nerve-wracking medal round with a score of 243.3.
India&rsquo;s Varun Tomar, who hails from Baghpat in Uttar Pradesh, shot 221.7 to take the bronze in a high-intensity final, which saw lead changing hands between the three shooters multiple times.&nbsp;
<h2>Manu, Esha fall short</h2>
Earlier, double Olympic-medallist shooter <a href="https://www.mid-day.com/sports/other-sports/article/asian-shooting-championship-india-manu-bhaker-win-bronze-medal-in-10m-air-pistol-23590187" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Manu Bhaker</a> and multiple Asian Games medal winner Esha Singh suffered a meltdown in the women&rsquo;s 10m air pistol final as the country&rsquo;s top-two shooters could not win a medal.
Manu, winner of the 10m air pistol individual and mixed team bronze at the Paris Olympics, had things going their way in the final before a poor 8.8 on the 14th shot saw her take a mighty tumble from the top spot to seventh as she finished with a score of 139.5.
Esha, who recently won the World Cup gold in Ningbo, China, too could not turn her dream runs into a medal as inconsistencies and nerves got the better of her on the big stage as the 20-year-old faltered with an 8.4 on the 14th shot after a superb 10.7 to finish sixth in the eight-shooter final.
China&rsquo;s 20-year-old Yao Qianxun earned the biggest medal of her nascent career by shooting a superb 243.0, while Hong Kong-China&rsquo;s Ho Ching Shing (241.2) and Wei Qian (China, 221.4) took the silver and bronze respectively.
<h2>India win team silver&nbsp;</h2>
India got a small consolation by winning a team silver with Esha (583), Manu (580) and world No.1 Suruchi Inder Singh (577) aggregating 1740 for the second-place finish.
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