Indian women paddlers Manika Batra and Sutirtha Mukherjee did the star-turn for India at the WTT Star Contender Goa, to move into the last 16.
Tajinderpal Singh Toor threw 19.95m to beat his own record of 19.94m set in Patiala by a centimeter. He made four attempts better than 19.51m but could only manage a best effort of 19.95m.
The 23-year-old Olympic champion added a centimeter to his previous best of 6.21m, which he achieved last year in Oregon.
After Ankit Gulia, it was Reetika who clinched a medal for the country as it was India’s second medal in the ranking series.
The 34-year-old, who defended his 2012 London Olympic gold in Rio after four years, also said it is not easy to win back-to-back gold medals in the quadrennial Games, but India’s javelin Thrower Neeraj Chopra can achieve this feat if he continues to train the way he trained before the 2020 Tokyo Games.
Sajan Bhanwala entered repechage after losing 7-0 to Aik Mnatsakanian of Bulgaria in his opening bout in the Greco-Roman 77kg event.
Prior to Bhanwala, the only Indian shooter to win a medal in the event at the international level was Vijay Kumar. He won a silver medal at the 2012 London Olympics and two podium finishes at the ISSF shooting World Cup.
This was Aishwary’s second shooting World Cup gold medal.
Tilattama Sen, the 14-year-old young Indian shooter has her eyes set on the Olympics after winning bronze in ISSF World Cup in Cairo, Egypt.
Tilottama missed the gold medal match by the narrowest possible margin of 0.1
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