Bhaker-Anmol win air pistol mixed gold

TIL Desk Sports/ Manu Bhaker and Anmol paired up to secure India’s seventh gold medal at the ISSF junior World Cup by winning the mixed 10m air pistol event with a qualification world record in Sydney on Tuesday. Genemat Sekhon bagged an individual bronze medal in the junior women’s skeet, shooting a 36 in the final.

In the mixed 10m air rifle event, 17-year-old Shreya Agrawal and 19-year-old Arjun Babuta completed the podium in third place, finishing with 432.8 points, while their country-mates Elavenil Valarivan (18) and Tejas Krishna Prasad (20) finished fourth with 389.1.

Bhaker and Anmol dominated the event from the very start and entered the final with the highest qualification score and a new junior qualification world record. They finished with a 5.6 advantage on their closest rivals, China’s Liu Jinyao and Li Xue.

The two Indian youngsters dominated the final match since its very first series, progressively building a gap between them and their closest rivals. They eventually finished with 478.9 points, just 1.8 points away from the current world record.