Fantastic four: Manu wins fourth gold

Lima, October 7

The Indian women’s team of Manu Bhaker, Rhythm Sangwan and Naamya Kapoor struck gold in the 25m pistol event to continue the country’s domination at the ISSF junior World Championships.

The Indian team beat USA 16-4 in the gold medal match. It was Bhaker’s fourth gold medal of this edition, while it was the 14-year-old Kapoor’s second gold.

The country’s 20th medal came in the men’s trap team event in which the Indians secured a silver, going down to Italy 6-4. The trio of Bakhtyaruddin Malek, Shardul Vihan and Vivaan Kapoor had qualified for the match after being placed second out of seven teams in qualification, with a combined score of 473 out of 525.

India also picked up a silver medal in the men’s 25m rapid fire pistol event when Adarsh Singh lost to USA’s Henry Turner Leverett in the six-man final. At the end of Day 8 on Wednesday, India topped the medal tally with nine gold, eight silver and three bronze. — PTI

Worlds gold medallist Rajpreet wants shooting range at Fatehgarh Sahib

Fatehgarh Sahib: Rajpreet Singh, who returned with two medals from the ISSF Junior World Championship held in Lima, Peru, said that despite producing many national-level shooters, Fatehgarh Sahib did not have a proper shooting range. Rajpreet, who won gold in the men’s 10m air rifle team event and silver in the 10m air rifle mixed team in Peru, received a grand welcome at his hometown, Bassi Pathana, today. Rajpreet said that due to the lack of a shooting range and a qualified coach, he had to travel to Mohali to train. Thanking his coach Supreet Singh Dhaliwal, posted at Mohali, Rajpreet also urged the Sports Minister to provide more facilities to Fatehgarh Sahib. -- Surinder Bhardwaj