Historic victory in ISSF World Cup final
ISSF World Cup Final: India's young pistol shooter Udayveer Sidhu has achieved a new feat in the men's 10m air pistol event at the ISSF World Cup Finals held in Cairo. 24-year-old Udayveer started his senior World Cup final with a gold medal, scoring 240.6. Udayveer has already won gold medal in Junior World Cup and World Championship.
Udayveer's journey to the gold medal was not easy. He started well, but dropped from second to sixth after the first 10 shots. Nevertheless, he handled the pressure and slowly made a comeback and maintained the momentum of the game by scoring 10 consecutive points. By the 14th shot, he had reached second place and was firmly in the race for gold. He scored several important 10.0 and 9.8 points in the pre-final round.
In the final round, Udayveer composedly scored 10.2 and then 9.8 to ensure the gold medal. This is the biggest senior World Cup final win of his career. Germany's Christian Reitz finished second with 240.1 points, while Italy's Paolo Mona settled for the bronze medal with 219.8 points.