ISSF World Cup 2021: India bags 15 golds to finish on top with best performance ever

The latest edition of the ISSF World Cup was held in New Delhi. India has produced its best season ever, finishing with 30 medals, while15 of them turned out to be gold. Among the other medals India bagged, there were seven slivers, with the remaining eight being bronze.

The ISSF World Cup 20021 has come to an end in New Delhi. It turned out to be India's best stint in the competition, as the nation finished with 30 medals in total.

It was even sweeter, as the count of the gold medals was more than the others, with 15 gold medals. Among others, while there were seven silvers, eight happened to be bronze.

On Sunday, the final day, saw the nation winning gold in the men's trap team event, thanks to the superb performance from Prithviraj Tondaiman, Lakshay Sheoran and Kynan Chenai. As for the women, they too bagged a gold in the same event, with Shreyasi Singh, Rajeshwari Kumari and Manisha Keer emerging on top.

Following the performance, Raninder Singh, president of the National Rifle Association of India, hailed the contingent's glorious run. "I had hoped that the home range would help me get my 16th quota... the cookie crumbled. But that boy (Vijayveer), he is very young and he shot very well... In the long run, you will see a lot of good things from him," he said, reports PTI.

"We have also set an example for the rest of the shooting community so that they don't shy away from not hosting tournaments because of COVID-19. We are making sure that we will have regular international engagements; that's why I was asked to conduct this first," he added.

As for the second spot, it was Russia with nine medals, including five golds. Meanwhile, the United States of America claimed the third spot with seven medals, along with just three golds.