Olympics-Shooting-Serbia win air pistol mixed team gold


Paris 2024 Olympics - Shooting - 10m Air Pistol Mixed Team Gold Medal - Chateauroux Shooting Centre, Deols, France - July 30, 2024. Zorana Arunovic of Serbia (L) and Damir Mikec of Serbia in action. REUTERS/Amr Alfiky

CHATEAUROUX, France (Reuters) -Serbia's Zorana Arunovic and Damir Mikec won the 10-metre air pistol mixed team gold at the Paris Olympics on Tuesday.

They beat Sevval Ilayda Tarhan and Yusuf Dikec of Turkey 16-14 at the Chateauroux Shooting Centre.

Manu Bhaker and Sarabjot Singh claimed the bronze for India beating the South Korean pair Oh Ye-jin and Lee Won-ho 16-10.

Bhaker, who won bronze in the women's individual event, became India's first multi-medallist at an Olympic Games since the country's independence in 1947.

In the gold medal contest, the Turkish pair of Tarhan and Dikec shrugged off a slow start to open up an 8-4 lead and were on the brink of victory at 14-12.

But Arunovic and Mikec staged a brilliant comeback to run away with the gold. The victorious duo hugged, tumbled and rolled on the floor in jubilation.

(Reporting by Amlan Chakraborty in Chateauroux; editing by Peter Rutherford and Ken Ferris)

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