India bagged one gold and a silver on the opening day of the International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF) Junior World Championship Rifle/Pistol competition at Suhl in Germany yesterday.Haryana's 15-year old pistol shooter Anish Bhanwala won gold in the Junior Men's 25m Standard Pistol event, with a world record score of 579. It helped India also to bag the Team Silver in the event and prop it to second in the overall standings.Anish's score was seven points clear of second-placed German Florian Peter who shot 572, while Ukraine's Pablo Korostylov won the bronze in the event shooting a score of 570. In the Team event, Anish's teammate Anhad Jawanda shot 561, while Sambhaji Zanzan Patil shot 547 — a combined score of 1687 winning them the team silver. Norway are leading the medal tally after Day one with one Gold, one Silver and one Bronze medal followed by India.
News On AIR | June 25, 2017 6:13 AM
Junior World Rifle/Pistol Championship: India bag gold, silver on opening day