JOIN USIndia jumped to the top of the charts as young Manu Bhaker clinched a stunning gold medal while Ravi Kumar bagged a bronze in the ISSF World Cup here on Sunday.
The 16-year-old Bhaker beat the host country's Alejandra Zavala, a two-time World Cup Finals winner, with a 10.6 in the last shot of the 24-shot final in 10M air pistol, to come out on top with a score of 237.5.
Zavala ended at 237.1 while Celine Goberville of France won the bronze with a score of 217.0.
India's Yashaswini Singh Deswal missed out on a medal, finishing fourth with a 196.1.
An 11th standard student, Bhaker had recently secured a quota place for the 2018 Buenos Aires Youth Olympic Games.
"I am extremely happy at winning gold, especially as this is my first World Cup. I look forward to performing even better in the upcoming competitions," Bhaker said.
The Haryana girl, who hails from Jhajjar, started shooting only a little over two years ago. She was a boxer initially and also tried her hand at Thang-ta, a Manipuri martial art.
She decided to switch sports after suffering an eye injury during a boxing bout. She came to the fore at the National championships at Thiruvananthapuram in December, defeating the fancied Heena Sidhu.
Earlier, Ravi Kumar won his first World Cup medal -- a bronze in the men's 10M air rifle.
Ravi had made it to three finals last year, including in the World Cup Finals, without winning a medal.
He shot 226.4 and had to beat compatriot Deepak Kumar in a shoot-off for third and fourth spots in the final.
Talented young Hungarian Istvan Peni, the world number one, won the gold, shooting 249.5 while Austria's Alexander Schmirl won silver with 248.7.
This was India's fourth medal of the competition with Shahzar Rizvi and Jitu Rai winning gold and bronze in the men's 10M air pistol and Mehuli Ghosh winning bronze in the women's 10M air rifle respectively, on day one.
At the end of day two, India's medal count stood at five with two gold and three bronze.