Changwon

Two-time Olympian Mairaj Ahmad Khan, won the country's and his first ever individual gold in the skeet event, shooting 37 hits out of a possible 40 in the final at the ISSF World Cup in Changwon on Monday.

Miraj who hails from Uttar Pradesh’s Khurja district shot 119/125 over two days of qualifying in the event and then came through a five-way shoot-off enroute to a historic gold.

His efforts helped India stay on top of the medal standings with five gold, five silver, and three bronze medals with two more days of competition left.

After finishing with 119, he found himself vying for two final qualification spots along with four others, among them, being two-time Olympic medalist Abdullah Al Rashidi of Kuwait.

When Shotaro Toguchi of Japan missed his eighth shoot-off shot, he was assured of a top-eight spot.

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In the 40-shot medal round, Mairaj missed just three targets for 37-hits, to clinch the deal from Korean Minsu Kim who shot down 36-targets.