<p>Indian shooting ace Saurabh Chaudhary won the gold medal in the men's 10m air pistol event, opening the country's account in the year's first ISSF World Cup here on Tuesday.</p>.<p>The Asian Games gold medallist shot 16 in the gold medal contest to finish ahead of Germany's Michael Schwald (6).</p>.<p>The bronze in the event was bagged by Artem Chernousov of Russia, whose country's flag was removed owing to its involvement in the ongoing conflict in Ukraine.</p>.<p>The 19-year Saurabh, an Olympian who also has a Youth Olympic gold medal to his name, was third in the men's 10m air pistol qualification stage with a total of 584 points, making it through to the elimination as one of the top eight shooters.</p>.<p>He topped the final stage relay 1 with a score of 38, making it through to the medal match, which was contested by the last four shooters. There he again topped with a score of 42.5.</p>.<p>Esha Singh, Shri Nivetha and Ruchita Vinerkar are representing India in the 10m air pistol women's event.</p>.<p>Over 500 shooters from 60 nations are taking part in the Cairo World Cup which has 20 medal sets on offer.</p>.<p><strong>Check out latest DH videos here</strong></p>
<p>Indian shooting ace Saurabh Chaudhary won the gold medal in the men's 10m air pistol event, opening the country's account in the year's first ISSF World Cup here on Tuesday.</p>.<p>The Asian Games gold medallist shot 16 in the gold medal contest to finish ahead of Germany's Michael Schwald (6).</p>.<p>The bronze in the event was bagged by Artem Chernousov of Russia, whose country's flag was removed owing to its involvement in the ongoing conflict in Ukraine.</p>.<p>The 19-year Saurabh, an Olympian who also has a Youth Olympic gold medal to his name, was third in the men's 10m air pistol qualification stage with a total of 584 points, making it through to the elimination as one of the top eight shooters.</p>.<p>He topped the final stage relay 1 with a score of 38, making it through to the medal match, which was contested by the last four shooters. There he again topped with a score of 42.5.</p>.<p>Esha Singh, Shri Nivetha and Ruchita Vinerkar are representing India in the 10m air pistol women's event.</p>.<p>Over 500 shooters from 60 nations are taking part in the Cairo World Cup which has 20 medal sets on offer.</p>.<p><strong>Check out latest DH videos here</strong></p>