MUNICH, May 28 -- Indian shooter Sakshi Padekar finished seventh in the 10m Air Rifle women's final on day three of the ISSF World Cup here on Thursday. The 22-year-old from Maharashtra qualified for the finals in third place after shooting 635.1, only behind World No. 1 Wang Zifei of China and Paris Olympics champion Hyojin Ban of South Korea.
The 18-year-old Andelija Stevanovic of Serbia, also in her debut senior World Cup, clinched the gold with a total score of 252.3 in a tight contest that was decided in the final shot.
Japan's Nobata Misaki also secured her first ever senior World Cup medal, securing the silver with a score of 252.0. Wang Zifei won bronze after shooting 231.1, while Olympic champion Ban finished in fourth.
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