Gagan Narang became first Indian to win two medals in a single ISSF World Cup when he claimed gold in the men's 50 metre rifle 3 position in Chongwon, Korea, on Wednesday.
Narang, who earlier won the bronze in his pet 10 metre air rifle event, shot 1166 in the qualification round and 98 in the final to aggregate 1264 points.
The Hyderabad marksman, who reached the final in all three events he participated in at Chongwon, is also the first Indian to climb the podium in the 50 metre range, according to the National Rifle Association of India.
He narrowly missed a medal in the free rifle prone event.
Among other Indians in the fray, Sanjeev Rajput finished sixth with 1258.7 (1160+98.7) while Sushil Ghalay failed to make the final, ending up 11th with a qualification round score of 1155.
The silver medal went to Jinseop Han of Korea for his effort of 1261.9 (1165+96.9). Alexei Kamenski of Russia garnered 1261.7 (1167+94.7) points to pick the bronze.
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