New Delhi: India won its second gold at the International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF) junior world shooting championship. Indian women's skeet team won gold at Junior Shooting World Championship.
The team washed out Italy 6-0 in the gold medal competition. The team successfully won silver at the world championship level on Thursday.
The men's team of Abhay Singh Sekhon, Ayush Rudraraju and Rajveer Gill won bronze, defeating team Turkey. Italy knocked out the USA to take gold.
Previously, on Thursday, Manu Bhaker had won gold in the women's 10m air pistol competition. Esha Singh achieved silver on the same day. Rudrankksh Patil won the silver medal in the men's 10m air rifle match, while Ramita got bronze in the women's 10m air rifle.
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India remains second in the medals score with two golds, three silver and two bronze. The USA leads with three golds, three silver and one bronze.
The women had qualified for the gold medal match by defeating second to Italy in qualification, shooting a mixed 457 out of 525. Each of the three shooters had to execute seven rounds of 25-shots each, and Ganemat led the effort with a 155 out of 175. Raiza shot 152, while Areeba shot 150. Italy topped the five-team range with a sum of 460.
Sunday has the junior mixed team's finals lined up with two Indian pairs, Ayush and Raiza and Abhay and Areeba playing for medals.
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