India Finish Second At Junior Shooting World Championship

New Delhi, June 27, 2017: India ended their campaign at the International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF) Junior World Championship Rifle/Pistol with a creditable second place on the medal tally and an overall haul of three Gold, two Silver and three Bronze medals. China topped the tally with eight Golds and an overall haul of 19 medals. A total of 20 countries were on the medal tally.
 
India picked up a Gold and Silver in the team and individual sections of the 25m Pistol Junior Men’s event, as well as the team Bronze in the 25m Pistol Junior Women’s event to shore up their tally on the fourth and final day of medal competitions in the German city of Suhl. Wednesday will see test events to played out in the Mixed Format in the 10m Air Rifle and Air Pistol disciplines.
 
Anish Bhanwala won a total of three medals, one of each colour, and his individual Silver on the final day helped India to win their third Gold of the competition and his second personally. On day one, Anish had claimed Gold in the 25m Standard Pistol Junior Men’s event.
 
On Tuesday, he teamed up with Anhad Jawanda and Shivam Shukla to total 1733 in the 25m Pistol to win Gold. The Koreans were a point behind India in winning Silver, while China were a point behind the Koreans to claim Bronze. Anish also won an individual Silver in the event finishing behind Pavlo Korostylov of Ukraine who shot a world record equaling score of 590, one ahead of Anish’s effort of 589. China’s Jueming Zhang picked up the Bronze.
 
In the 25m Pistol Junior Women’s event, India’s Muskan shot 578 to qualify for the eight-woman final in sixth position. In the final she fought hard, but a score of 24 out of 40 shots saw her miss out on a medal and finish in fourth place. She however combined with Chinki Yadav (571- 16th in individual competiton) and Gauri Sheoran (562- 34th in individual competiton) for a combined score of 1711 and win the Bronze medal in the event. China with 1734 claimed the Gold, 1713 Thailand for Silver.