Mairaj Khan becomes first Indian to win skeet gold at ISSF World Cup

Mairaj Khan becomes first Indian to win skeet gold at ISSF World Cup

  • Mairaj Ahmed Khan, a 46-year-old, Indian shooter scripted history on July 18, 2022 as he became the first Indian to win gold medal in the men’s skeet shooting event at 2022 ISSF World Cup in Changwon, South Korea.
  • Miiraj shot 37 in the 40-shot final.
  • Korea’s Minsu Kim and Britain’s Ben Llewellin won the silver and bronze respectively.
  • He is the oldest member of India’s shooting contingent at the Changwon World Cup.
  • The two-time Olympian, Mairaj, hails from Aligarh district of Uttar Pradesh.

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