Indian sports wrap, September 30: Indian shooters win two bronze medals in junior worlds to stay on top

Here are all the major updates, scores, and results of Indians in the world of sports on September 30.

REPRESENTATIVE IMAGE: The rifle shooters went first and Gautami Bhanot and Ajay Malik shot a combined score of 628.9 after 30-shots each to finish third among 34 pairs.

SHOOTING

ISSF Junior World C’Ship: Indian shooters win two bronze medals to stay on top

 Indian rifle and pistol shooters won two bronze medals in their respective 10m mixed team events at the ISSF Junior World Championship in Lima, Peru.

The bronze medals on day two of the competitions at the International Shooting Sport Federation event took India’s count to five medals (two gold and three bronze).

The rifle shooters went first and Gautami Bhanot and Ajay Malik shot a combined score of 628.9 after 30-shots each to finish third among 34 pairs.

The performance qualified them for the bronze medal match with the fourth-placed Croatian pair of Anamarija Turk and Darko Tomasevic, which they won 17-9.

China won its first gold of the competition defeating France in the final.

The second Indian pair, Abhinav Shaw and Shambhavi Kshirsagar finished sixth overall with a score of 628.1.

In the mixed pistol event, both the Indian pairs finished third and fourth respectively in the qualification to set up a bronze showdown between themselves.

Lakshita and Parmod prevailed in the end, getting the better of Kanishka Dagar and Mukesh Nelavali 16-8.

Germany went on to win gold while Ukraine bagged the silver.

It was Lakshita’s second medal of the competition, having won a gold in the air pistol team event on Saturday.

-Team Sportstar

BADMINTON

Young Indian shuttler Raksha Kandasamy wins titles in Croatia and Belgium

Young Indian badminton player Raksha Kandasamy continued her brilliant run as she clinched back-to-back titles in the Croatian International and Belgium Junior tournaments.

The 16-year-old remained unbeaten throughout the two tournaments as she won each of her five games en route to her title wins.

Raksha defeated England’s Leona Lee 21-9, 21-5 in the final of the Croatian International played at Samobor on Sunday. She had earlier defeated Bulgaria’s Stefani Stoeva 21-14, 21-23 in the semifinal and Poland’s Joanna Rudna 21-11, 21-10 in the quarterfinal.

Earlier, Raksha had crushed the challenge from Tammi van Wonterghem of Belgium 21-5, 21-8 in the quarterfinals of the Belgium Junior event.

Ireland’s Siofra Flynn presented a strong fight against Rakha, but the Indian prevailed 21-8, 19-21, 25-23 in their last-four clash.

Raksha beat Germany’s Gloria Poluektov 21-14, 10-21, 22-20 in the final played in the Belgian city of Herstal.

-PTI