Saurabh Chaudhary bags Gold at ISSF World Championship

Saurabh Chaudhary bags Gold at ISSF World Championship

Question: Saurabh Chaudhary won Gold Medal at ISSF World Championship in which of following shooting event?
(a) 50 metre pistol
(b) 10 meter air pistol
(c) 10 metre air rifle
(d) 25 metre rapid fire pistol
Answer: (b)
Related facts:

  • On 6 September, 2018, Saurabh Chaudhary bagged 10m Air Pistol Men junior title at the 52nd ISSF (International Shooting Sports Federation) World Championship in Changwon, Korea.
  • The 2018 Asian Games Champion marked this achievement with an outstanding score of 245.5 points, setting a new junior world record.
  • The 16-year old shattered the previous world record of 243.7 points which he had recorded on 26th June 2018 at the ISSF Junior World Cup in Germany (USA).
  • With his record score, he finished 2.4 points ahead of silver medalist Lim Honjin (KOR), second with 243.1 points.

Reference-
https://www.issf-sports.org/news.ashx?newsid=3137