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Two-time Olympian and India s shining light in Skeet shooting, Mairaj Ahmad Khan, won the country s first ever individual gold in the event, shooting 37 hits out of a possible 40 in the final of ISSF World Cup Rifle/Pistol/Shotgun at Changwon, .
CHANGWON, July 18: Veteran Indian shooter Mairaj Ahmed Khan on Monday created history by winning the country’s first-ever ISSF World Cup gold medal in men’s skeet here. In the 40-shot final, the 46-year-old from Uttar Pradesh shot 37 to finish ahead of Korea’s Minsu Kim (36) and Britain’s Ben Llewellin (26), who won the silver and bronze respectively. The shooter shot 119/125 over two days of qualifying before coming through in a five-way shoot-off enroute his maiden individual gold. The […]