Manu Bhaker wins gold in ISSF World Cup

Bengaluru, March 5: India jumped to the top as 16-year-old Manu Bhaker clinched gold while Ravi Kumar bagged a bronze in the ISSF World Cup in Guadalajara, Mexico.

Bhaker beat the host country's Alejandra Zavala, a two-time World Cup Finals winner, with a 10.8 in the last shot of the 24 shot final, to come out on top with a score of 237.5. Zavala ended at 237.1 while Celine Goberville of France won the bronze with a score of 217.0.

India's Yashaswini Singh Deswal missed out on a medal, finishing fourth with 196.1.

An 11th standard student, Bhaker, who recently secured a quota place for the 2018 Buenos Aires Youth Olympic Games, won a sensational gold to continue India's surge in the season's first World Cup.

Earlier, Ravi Kumar won his first World Cup medal- a bronze in the Mens 10M Air Rifle event.

He shot 226.4 and had to beat compatriot Deepak Kumar in a shoot-off for third and fourth spots in the final.

"I am extremely happy at winning gold, especially as this is my first World Cup. I look forward to perform even better in upcoming competitions," said Bhaker.