The Indian pistol shooters were bang on target, to warm up for the tough challenges ahead, as the team jumped to the top of the medals table with four gold, five silver and two bronze medals on the second day of the Junior World Cup in Suhl, Germany, on Sunday.
Udhayveer Sidhu and Gaurav Rana won the individual gold in the 25-metre standard pistol and the 50-metre free pistol events. The Indian shooters also won the team gold medals to boost the tally.
In the rifle prone events, however, India was not at its best, except for Kinnori Konar shooting 621.6 for the ninth place in the junior women’s section.
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Russia and Norway followed India on the medals table with two gold medals each, while China and Thailand were in the fourth and fifth spots with a gold medal each.
In junior men’s trap event, Khelo India Youth Games champion Manavaditya Singh Rathore shot 72 following rounds of 25, 22, 25, the third best score behind leader Thomas William Betts (74) of Britain. Bhowneesh Mendiratta (70), Vishwa Kundu (68), Vivaan Kapoor (65) were the other Indians in the field.
In junior women’s trap, Kirti Gupta shot 68, following rounds of 24, 21 and 23. Two more rounds will be followed by the final for the top six on the morrow in the trap competition.
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