Five More Medals on Day Four Takes India’s Tally to 23 at the Junior Shooting World Cup

New Delhi, Sep 21, 2016: India added five more medals to their kitty including three more Gold medals, to swell their tally to 23 at the end of competition day four of the International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF) Junior World Cup, being held in Gabala, Azerbaijan. India won two team Gold medals in the Men’s and Women’s 25M Pistol events respectively, while the third Gold of the day came through Ahnad Jawanda in the individual Men’s 25M Pistol competition. India has won a total of nine Gold medals in the competition so far to be ranked second in the medals table, behind Russia.

The days only Silver came through Gurmeet who made it an Indian 1-2 in the Men’s 25M Pistol. Ahnad and Gurmeet had teamed up with Arjun Das for the team Gold in the event.

In the Women’s 25M Pistol Chinki Yadav, Gauri Sheoran and Sanjana Sehrawat won the team Gold with a combined score of 1701. Chinki and Gauri also reached the individual competition finals along with Muskan, where Chinki qualified for the Bronze medal match but eventually lost out to Anna Dedova 7-3 to place fourth. Margarita Lomova of Russia won the Gold in the event, which was also her second individual Gold of the competition. Miroslava Mincheva of Bulgaria won the Silver.

India’s only Bronze of the day came in the Women’s Trap when the team comprising of Pragati Gupta, Soumya Gupta and Manisha Keer. In the Junior Men’s 50M Rifle 3 Positions event, Subhankar Pramanick, who had earlier won the 50M Rifle Prone Gold, reached the finals with a qualifying score of 1139 but had to contend with eighth position in the final standings.