India Win Team Bronze in 25m Rapid Fire Pistol on Competition Day Three of the Junior Shooting World Championship


New Delhi, June 26, 2017: India added a Bronze medal- a team effort in the 25m Rapid Fire Pistol Men Junior event, on competition day three of the International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF) Junior World Championship Rifle/Pistol, currently underway in Suhl, Germany. The trio of Anish, Anhad Jawanda and Shivam Shukla notched up a combined score of 1711 to claim third place and take India’s overall tally from the competition to two Golds, one Silver and one Bronze medal.
 
This was Anish’s second medal of the competition after having won the 25m Standard Pistol Gold on the opening day of competition. On day two, Yashaswini Singh Deswal had won India their second Gold of the competition by winning the 10m Air Pistol Women Junior event.
 
17-year old Arjun Babuta also made it to the individual final of the 10m Air Rifle Men Junior event on Monday, but after briefly leading the match in the initial stages had to be contend with fifth place. Arjun had earlier shot a score of 624.4 in qualification, to make it to the eight-man final in seventh position.