Mairaj Ahmed Khan becomes first Indian to win men's skeet gold at ISSF World Cup

46-year-old Mairaj Ahmed Khan on Monday, July 18 scripted history as he won India's first-ever ISSF World Cup gold medal in the men's skeet shooting event in Changwon. The oldest member of India's shooting contingent at the Changwon World Cup shot 37 in the 40-shot final.

Mairaj, who hails from Uttar Pradesh, finished ahead of Korea's Minsu Kim (36) and Britain's Ben Llewellin (26), who won the silver and



bronze respectively.

Mairaj had shot 119/125 over two days of qualifying before coming through in a five-way shoot-off. Mairaj found himself vying for two final qualification spots along with four others, including two-time Olympic medallist Abdullah Al Rashidi of Kuwait.

The two-time Olympic had won a silver medal in men's skeet in a 2016 edition of the ISSF World Cup in Rio de Janeiro.