ProMASS News Bureau: Sep 20, 2016: India is displaying superb form in ISSF Junior World Cup. Indian shooters continued their impressive show in the ISSF Junior World Cup with Rushiraj Barot striking gold in the junior men’s 25m rapid fire pistol event on day three of the competition at Gabala in Azerbaijan today.
India picked up four more medals today, including one more gold, to sit firmly in second place on the medal table, winning six gold, four silver and eight bronze for a total haul of of 18 medals so far. Russia are on top of the medal table with 10 gold for a total of 21 medals. Earlier in the day, Pratik Borse, Arjun Babuta and Prashant won the team gold in the 10m air rifle event with a combined score of 1849.9. Both Arjun and Pratik also qualified for the individual finals where Arjun Babuta won the bronze medal.
In the junior men’s 5m pistol, Anmol notched up another medal when he teamed up with Nishant Bhardwaj and Arjun Das to win the team silver medal. In the junior women’s 10m air rifle, Dilreen Gill, Geetaksmi Dixit and Aashi Rastogi helped India bag another team bronze. There are two more competition days left for the ISSF Junior World Cup to conclude.
