India’s Palak Gulia and Mukesh Nelavalli broke the world record en route to winning a gold medal in the 10m air pistol mixed team competition at the ISSF World Cup for rifle and pistol in Granada on Tuesday. The win was impressive, as the field included the world champion Chinese pair of Kai Hu and Qianxun Yao, along with Paris Olympics bronze medallist Veronika Major and Akos Nagy of Hungary. With Nelavalli, making his senior debut, shooting a score of 294 as compared to Gulia’s score of 287, the Indian pair qualified in second spot behind the Chinese pair. An hour later, the Indian pair won the title, with a 2.9-point lead over the second-placed Chinese pair, setting a new world record and junior world record score of 487.7. The remaining two five shot series and three elimination series saw Gulia hitting six scores of 10.5 or more with a 10.9 off her penultimate shot.

Source: Indian Express April 08, 2026 04:40 UTC