Abhnav Bindra has put his preparations for the Rio Olympics on the rails by winning back-to-back gold medals in the 39th Inter-Shoot International shooting competition in the Hague, the Netherlands.
The 32-year-old shot 205.6 on Saturday, beating Peter Hellenbrand by 0.8 point, despite an uncharacteristic 9.4 and 9.5 on his last two shots.
“I am recovering from the flu. I want to pace myself for the season. So, the shooting is not optimum as of now,” said Bindra, from the Netherlands.
Shriyanka Sadangi won the women’s air rifle bronze, after having topped the qualifiers with a score of 418.9. In junior air rifle, Pratik Borse also won back-to-back gold medals.
The results: 10m air rifle: Men: Match-2: 1. Abhinav Bindra 205.6 (623.9); 2. Peter Hellenbrand (Ned) 204.8 (622.9); 3. Jack Bale 183.7 (619.4); 5. Rakesh Manpat 142.7 (624.1); 13. Prithviraj Mane 609.9; 16. Amit Raut 606.6.
Match-1: 1. Abhinav Bindra 205.5 (624.2); 2. Rakesh Manpat 204.3 (620.3); 3. Thijs Theunissen (Ned) 183.5 (617.9); 11. Prithviraj Mane 615.2; 21. Amit Raut 604.1.
Junior men: Match-2: 1. Pratik Borse 207.4 (618.5); 2. Benjamin Karlsen (Nor) 204.7 (618.1); 3. Stefano Spek (Ned) 182.8 (608.9).
Match-1: 1. Pratik Borse 206.3 (619.7); 2. Emanuel Soderlund (Swe) 202.5 (611.1); 3. Benjamin Karlsen (Nor) 180.7 (615.5).
Women: 1. Malin Westerheim (Nor) 209.7 (415.5); 2. Pea Smeets (Ned) 207.4 (413.0); 3. Shriyanka Sadangi 186.1 (418.9); 6. Apurvi Chandela 122.9 (418.2).
Junior women: 1. Goretti Zumaya (Mex) 209.3 (416.5); 2. Mandy Mulder (Ned) 207.5 (407.9); 3. Martina Kaiser (Sui) 185.4 (409.6); 4. Dilreen Gill 164.6 (413.8); 15. Aditi Singh 404.7.
