President's Cup shooting: India bags two medals in 10m pistol

India's Saurabh Chaudhary won silver in the men's 10m air pistol. And Abhishek Verma won bronze in the same at the inaugural edition of the  President's cup in Wroclaw, on Saturday.

In final Germany's Christian Reitz won the men's 10m pistol event with 34 points. however, Saurabh Chaudhary scored 24 points when Abhishek Verma finished with 21 points.

The President has upgraded the scoring system.  In the semis and final of individual events, the shooter with the best score in each shot gets four points. The second-best gets three points. And the third-best score and the worst score get two and one points respectively.

India has now achieved three medals at the President's Cup. Meanwhile, Manu Bhaker had won the mixed team 10m pistol gold with Iran's Javad Foroughi on an opening day.

Unfortunately, Manu Bhaker couldn't make the final of the women's 10m air pistol on Saturday.

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Manu Bhaker finished third in the first semi-final with a score of 23. Only the top-two in each semi-final reached the final.

By defeating Frenchwoman Mathilde Lamolle, Ukraine's Olena Kostevich won the gold medal.

The inaugural President's Cup, a rechristened version of the ISSF World Cup Finals, is an invitation-only tournament. However, it's featuring the top-12 shooters in each of the  shotgun,pistol and rifle categories.