ISSF Shotgun World Cup, Nicosia 2025: Kynan, Sabeera win trap mixed team bronze medal
Olympian Kynan Chenai and Sabeera Haris combined well to shoot the mixed trap bronze medal in the Shotgun World Cup which concluded in Nicosia, Cyprus, on Sunday.
Kynan and Sabeera beat the Turkey team of Tolga Tuncer and Rumeysa Kaya 34-33 for the bronze.
The Indian pair had shot 142 in qualification and beat the Chinese Taipei team of Wan-Yu Liu and Kun-Pi Yang 4-2 in the shoot-off to break the tie and qualify for the bronze medal match.
Incidentally, the Turkish pair had lost the shoot off to qualify for the gold medal match 1-2 to the eventual champion Zhang Zixi and Qi Ying, after the two teams were tied for the second spot at 143, behind Poland (146).
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It was a tremendous effort by the 18-year-old Sabeera, who shot 72 out of 75 in qualification, while the 34-year-old Kynan shot 70.
Sabeera had won the junior World Championship mixed trap medal with Shardul Vihan last year in Lima, Peru.
Shardul did shoot 72 in the second Indian team this day, but Kirti Gupta shot 65, and the pair placed 17th with the total of 137, among 34 teams.
RESULTS:
Mixed trap: 1. China (Qi Ying, Zhang Zixi) 42 (143); 2. Poland (Tomasz Pasierbski, Sandra Bernal) 39 (146); 3. India (Kynan Chenai, Sabeera Haris) 34 (142); 4. Turkey (Tolga Tuncer, Rumeysa Kaya) 33 (143); 17. India-2 (Kirti Gupta, Shardul Vihan) 137.