Finance
Abhinav Shaw and Gautami Bhanot won their second gold medal at the International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF) World Cup Junior on Sunday, defeating the French pairing of Oceanne Mueller and Romain Aufrere 17-7 in the gold medal match.
The Indian couple qualified second to the French pair but defeated them in the final. After two days of action, India has two gold medals, one silver, and one bronze from the World Cup.
On competition Day 3 of the ongoing International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF) World Cup Junior, Dhanush Srikanth won the Men’s 10m Air Rifle, giving India their third gold medal of the competition.
Dhanush shot 249.4 in the 24-shot final, trailing silver medalist Pontus Kallin by 1.3 points in a clinical performance. Romain Aufrere of France took bronze.
India now leads the medal count with three gold, one silver, and two bronze medals, ahead of the United States, which has two gold and one silver medal so far. The women’s 10m Air Rifle final is also scheduled for late in the day.
Three Indians advanced to the Junior Men’s 10m Air Rifle final. Apart from Dhanush, who qualified sixth with a score of 628.4, Pratham Bhadana finished fifth with a score of 628.7. Abhinav Shaw, who won gold in the Air Rifle Mixed Team on Sunday, finished eighth and final with a score of 626.7.
However, Abhinav finished seventh, while Pratham finished fourth and lost out on a medal. Dhanush, on the other hand, was in a different league in the final and led from the outset, going from strength to strength, leaving no room for his opponents.
The Skeet Mixed Team event featured two Indian teams. With a score of 134, Ritu Raj Bundela and Raiza Dhillon finished seventh in qualifying. The second pair, Harmehar Lally and Sanjana Sood, qualified for the bronze medal match with a fourth-place finish and a combined effort of 136 out of 150 targets.
They will face David Jonsson and Felicia Ros of Sweden, who finished third with a score of 137.
It was a fierce battle for the bronze medal, and after 48 targets each, both teams were knotted at 37, forcing a shoot-off. While both guys hit their first shoot-off targets, Felicia missed one of her doubles, which Sanjana capitalized on by nailing hers for a well-earned bronze.
Source:OCM
