India added two more golds to their kitty on competition day three on Saturday, at the ongoing International Shooting Sport Federation Junio...
India added two more golds to their kitty on competition day three on Saturday, at the ongoing International Shooting Sport Federation Junior World Championship in Lima, Peru. After her individual title, Manu Bhaker won her second gold of the tournament, this time in partnership with Sarabjot Singh in the 10m Air Pistol Mixed Team event. The troika of Srikanth Dhanush, Rajpreet Singh and Paarth Makhija picking up the 10m Air Rifle Men’s Team title.
Manu and Sarabjot led an India 1-2 in the Air Pistol Mixed team competition where they fought off the challenge of the second Indian pair of Shikha Narwal and Naveen 16-12 in the gold medal match.
Earlier in the qualification round featuring eight teams, both the Indian pairs finished 1-2 as well with Manu and Sarabjot shooting 386 while Shikha and Naveen were a point behind with 385.
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10m air pistol junior mixed team:
🥇-🥈 for 🇮🇳 (of course!) as the pair of Manu bhaker-Sarabjot Singh defeat Shikha Narwal-Naveen in the final. The younger pair gave a super fight.@realmanubhaker's 2nd 🥇 in Lima. 👏🏽 pic.twitter.com/OtfPR08hpr
In the Junior Men’s 10M Air Rifle Team event, the trio of Srikanth, Rajpreet and Paarth had also made it to the gold medal match by...
