Sakshi Padekar: ISSF World Cup: First-timer Sakshi Padekar misses air rifle medal | More sports News
PUNE: What could have been a dream start, ended into a heartbreak for Sakshi Padekar, in women’s 10m air rifle event at the Munich World Cup on Thursday.Sakshi, participating in her first senior and second overall international event, entered the final but finished in seventh position. Sakshi shot an impressive 635.1 in the qualification round with three series above 106. She was close to breaking the current national record of 635.9, which was created by Elavenil Valarivan. She was third in the qualification round but pressure got the better of her in the final.“I shot fearlessly in the qualification round and didn’t think much about the scores. However, I took pressure in the final as I started expecting a good result from myself. I made some mistakes and couldn’t recover,” Sakshi, 22, who trains at the Gun For Glory Academy in Pune, told TOI.Sakshi was the only Indian to qualify for the medal round as her compatriots Elavenil Valarivan was 19th after shooting 632.1, while Arya Borse was 63rd with 627.6. The gold was won by Serbian shooter Andelija Stevanovic with a score of 252.3. The silver went to Japan’s Misaki Nobata with 252, while the bronze went to China’s Zifei Wang, who shot 231.1.
