Changwon: Asian Games 2018 gold medallist Saurabh Chaudhary bettered his own world record to clinch gold medal in the 10m Air Pistol at the ISSF Shooting World Championship here in South Korea on Thursday.
Sixteen-year-old Saurabh shot a total of 245.5 to break his own world record he had set in June.
India's Chaudhary Saurabh 🇮🇳 beats his own World Record and climbs atop the 10m Air Pistol Men Junior podium in Changwon. #ISSFWCH pic.twitter.com/kWp8RuREhk
— ISSF (@issf_official) September 6, 2018
Arjun Singh Cheema claimed bronze in the same event with a score of 218 while Korea’s Hojin Lim clinched silver.
In December last year, Saurabh had qualified for the Youth Olympics Games with a gold medal and a junior world record at Asia Youth Olympics Games qualification.
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