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India ends ISSF Junior World Championship with 30 medals, tops table

| PTI | Oct 9, 2021, 14:01 IST
Indian shooters Anish Bhanwala, Adarsh Singh and Vijayveer Sidhu ... Read More
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LIMA: Indian shooters Anish Bhanwala,

Adarsh Singh

and Vijayveer Sidhu combined to win the gold medal in the men's 25m rapid fire pistol team event as the country ended the

ISSF Junior World Championship

on top of the standings here.

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The Indian trio shot a total of 10 to finish ahead of their German counterparts Fabian Otto, Felix Luca Hollfoth and Tobias Gsoell (2) in the gold medal contest on Friday.


India's

Manvi Soni

(105) bagged the junior double trap gold medal ahead of compatriot Yeshaya Hafiz Contractor (90). The bronze was won by Hitasha (76) in an event that only featured Indians.

Vinay Pratap Singh Chandrawat

claimed the gold medal men's double trap event with a score of 120, while the silver went to

Sehajpreet Singh

(114) and the bronze to

Mayank Shokeen

(/111).

Earlier on Friday, Ayushi Podder and Aishwary Pratap Singh Tomar won the silver in the 50m rifle 3 positions mixed team event to continue India's dominance in the tournament.
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Ayushi and Aishwary shot 17 in the gold medal match to finish second to the 31 shot by the German pair of Max Braun and Anna Janssen. The Indian duo had topped the qualification round with a world record-equalling score of 590, with the eventual gold medallists finishing in second spot.

The other Indian team of Nischal and Sartaj Singh Tiwana finished eighth in the qualification round with a score of 574.

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