Bhaker, Jain clinch mixed air pistol team title

The pair which topped qualification with 763, beat another Indian team of Devanshi Rana and Saurabh Chaudhary by 1.2 point.

Published : Jul 15, 2018 18:53 IST

Manu Bhaker and Anmol Jain won the mixed air pistol team title. (File Photo)

Manu Bhaker and Anmol Jain provided a golden finish for India as they won the mixed air pistol team title in the 28th Meeting of Shooting Hopes international competition in Plzen, Czech Republic on Sunday.

The pair which topped qualification with 763, beat another Indian team of Devanshi Rana and Saurabh Chaudhary by 1.2 point.

In the mixed air rifle team competition, the Indian teams were pushed to the silver and bronze medals by Sofia Benetti and Marco Suppini of Italy.

The Indian squad wound up with 11 gold, seven silver and six bronze medals.

The results:

Junior men:

10m air rifle: 1. Grigorii Shamakov (Rus) 249.9 (628.5); 2. Macej Kowalewicz (Pol) 247.9 (623.6); 3. Hriday Hazarika 227.0 (626.2); 7. Divyansh Singh Panwar 142.5 (627.2); 46. Rithik Ramesh 611.2;

Junior women:

25m sports pistol: 1. Camille Jedrzejewski (Fra) 35 (574); 2. Miroslava Mincheva (Bul) 29 (576); 3. Anna Dedova (Cze) 26 (586); 4. Manu Bhaker 23 (584); 7. Arunima Gaur 9 (567); 10. Muskan 564; 11. Mahima Turhi Agrawal 564; 25. Devanshi Rana 555.

50m rifle 3-position: 1. Elizabeth Marsh (US) 459.5 (1171); 2. Tatiana Kharkova (Rus) 455.1 (1168); 3. Sara Karasova (Cze) 442.4 (1166); 35. Bhakti Khamkar 1146; 58. Ayushi Podder 1137; 67. Shirin Godara 1125; 69. Shrishti Mishra 1124.

Air pistol mixed team: 1. India (Manu Bhaker, Anmol Jain) 476.9 (763); 2. India-B (Devanshi Rana, Saurabh Chaudhary) 475.7 (762); 3. Slovakia (Martina Marsalkova, Marek Kostur) 413.0 (762).

Air rifle mixed team: 1. Italy (Sofia Benetti, Marco Suppini) 497.0 (830.5); 2. India-B (Shreya Agrawal, Hriday Hazarika) 496.5 (832.4); 3. India (Elavenil Valarivan, Divyansh Singh Panwar) 433.9 (835.9)