19-year-old Indian shooter Suruchi Singh clinched gold in the Women's 10m Air Pistol event at the ISSF World Cup in Munich, surpassing France's Camille Jedrzejewski. This victory marks Suruchi's fourth gold and a hat-trick of individual wins. India's medal tally reached three, placing them fourth. Elavenil Valarivan and Sift Kaur Samra secured bronze medals in separate events.
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