June 25, 2017 2:45 AM

printer

Junior World Rifle/Pistol Championship: India bag gold, silver on opening day

India bagged one gold and a silver on the opening day of the ISSF Junior World Championship Rifle/Pistol competition. In Suhl, Germany today, 15-year old pistol shooter Anish won gold in the Junior Men's 25m Standard Pistol event, with a world record score of 579. It helped India also 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 competiton, 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. As many as 11 nations got on to the medal charts on the first day.

Most Read
View All arrow-right

No posts found.