Published on 02 Oct 2021

India won 4 Gold medals and climbed to first place Medal standing

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At the ISSF Junior World Championship Rifle / Pistol / Shotgun, athletes competed for medals in Rifle and Pistol in Teams and Mixed Teams events.

In 10m Air Rifle Mixed Team Junior, the Americans Mary Carolynn TUCKER and William SHANER won the Gold medal match. Olympic champion SHANER and Tokyo 2020 vice-champion TUCKER were more precisely than Atmika GUPTA and Singh RAJPREET SINGH from India. The Third place was taken by Italians Sofia CECCARELLO and Danilo Dennis SOLLAZZO.

 

In 10m Air Pistol Mixed Team Junior two teams from India competed for Gold. Manu BHAKER and Sarabjot SINGH won in a bitter struggle. Shikha NARWAL and Naveen NAVEEN won Silver. Daria-Olimpia HARISTIADE and Luca JOLDEA from Romania won the Bronze medal match and brought their country the first medal in these competitions.

 

Athletes from India won another Gold in the 10m Air Rifle Team Men Junior. Srikanth DHANUSH, Singh RAJPREET SINGH, Paarth MAKHIJA secured a landslide victory in the Gold Medal Match. Their rivals, USA athletes William SHANER, Rylan William KISSELL, John BLANTON III, took Second place. The Bronze medal was won by Jesus OVIEDO, Juan CECILIA, Jorge ESTEVEZ SOLORZANO from Spain.

 

Athletes from Hungary won the first medal in these competitions. Eszter MESZAROS, Eszter DENES, Lea HORVATH became the best in 10m Air Rifle Team Women Junior. The Second place was taken by Nisha KANWAR, Zeena KHITTA, Atmika GUPTA from India. Bronze was won by Oceanne MULLER, Julia CANESTRELLI, Agathe Cecile Camille GIRARD from France.

 

Rhythm SANGWAN, Manu BHAKER, Shikha NARWAL from India won Gold in 10m Air Pistol Team Women Junior and took their country to the first place in Medal standing. The Second were Aliaksandra PIATROVA, Zoya DASKO, Alina NESTSIAROVICH from Belarus, the Third - Viliena BEVZ, Yana CHUCHMAROVA, Nadiia SHAMANOVA from Ukraine, for whom this medal was the first in the tournament.

 

The destiny of the Gold Medal  in 10m Air Pistol Team Men Junior was decided by the last shot only. Sarabjot SINGH, Naveen NAVEEN, Shiva NARWAL from India won in a bitter struggle. Until the last in the Gold medal match, Abdul-Aziz KURDZI, Ivan KAZAK, Uladzislau  DZEMESH from Belarus, who won Silver, struggle with them. The Third place was taken by the Americans Remington SMITH, Hunter Alan BATTIG, Wesley Travis ANDERSON.

 

The competition will continue tomorrow in Skeet Mixed Team Junior and 50m Rifle Prone Men and Women Junior. The live streaming of the Skeet Mixed Team Junior final will be available on the ISSF Internet resources.