Indian shooters Gautami Bhanot and Abhinav Shaw bagged the gold medal in the mixed air rifle at the ISSF Junior World Cup in Suhl, Germany.
The Indian duo beat France's Oceanne Muller and Romain Aufrere to bag the gold medal.
In mixed air pistol, two Indian teams qualified. While the team of Sainyam and Abhinav Choudhary settled for a silver medal after topping the qualifying round, the team consisting of Suruchi Singh and Shubham Bisla bagged the bronze medal.
2⃣nd 🥇for 🇮🇳 at the @issf_official Junior World Cup🔫
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Shooters Abhinav Shaw & Gautami Bhanot defeat the 🇫🇷 pair of Oceanne Mulller & Romain Aufrere 17-7 in the Final of the 10m Air Rifle Mixed Team Event🥳
Many congratulations to both👏#ISSFJuniorWorldCup #Shooting #TeamIndia pic.twitter.com/qDDJjerFEv
In junior men’s skeet, India's Ritu Raj Bundela, Abhay Singh Sekhon, Munek Battula and Harmehar Singh finished 19th, 21st, 26th and 32nd respectively and in the junior women’s skeet, Raiza Dhillon, Muffaddal Zahra Deesawala and Sanjana Sood shot finished in the 11th, 14th and 16th spots.
India were on top of the medal table after Sunday with two golds, one silver and a bronze medal. They were followed by South Korea and Italy.
