India wins 1-2 finish in 10m air pistol mixed team at ISSF Junior World Cup

India clinched a gold in the 10m air pistol mixed team event at the ISSF Junior World Cup, while Italy claimed two golds in the Skeet competitions. Mansi Raghuwanshi won bronze in the women’s Skeet event, securing India's strong showing

Hyderabad: India claimed a 1-2 finish in the 10m air pistol mixed team junior event, while Italy celebrated a golden double in the Skeet competitions on Day 3 of the ISSF Junior World Cup Rifle/Pistol/Shotgun in New Delhi. The competition concluded at the Dr Karni Singh Shooting Range with India still leading the medal tally.

Kapil and Rashmika Sahgal defeated compatriots Jonathan Gavin Antony and Vanshika Chaudhary 16-10 in the 10m air pistol mixed team gold medal match to win India’s third gold of the competition. Later, Marco Coco and Arianna Nember of Italy claimed top honours in the junior men’s and women’s skeet finals, respectively.

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On Saturday morning, both Indian teams dominated the qualification rounds, with Rashmika and Kapil topping the chart at 582-15x and Vanshika and Gavin following with 578-20x. In the mixed team pistol, Spain’s Ines Castro Ortega and Lucas Sanchez Tome secured the bronze with a narrow 16-14 win over Iran’s Parimah Amiri and Mohammadreza Ahmadi in mixed air pistol.

Italy’s success in Skeet was led by Marco Coco, who carried his qualification form (122) into the junior men’s final, shooting 56 hits from 60 targets to win gold. Finland’s Lassi Akseli Matias Kauppinen claimed silver with 53 hits, while Cyprus’s Andreas Pontikis took bronze with 43 hits.

India’s Harmehar Singh Lally (35 hits) and Atul Singh Rajawat (25 hits) were eliminated in fourth and fifth place, respectively, while the Netherlands’ Ryan Kooijman finished sixth with 14.

In the women’s Skeet final, World Championship silver medallist Arianna Nember of Italy produced a stellar performance, hitting 53 targets to secure gold.

India’s Olympian Raiza Dhillon finished with 51 hits to win silver, while reigning Asian champion Mansi Raghuwanshi added bronze with 41 hits. Mansi had earlier topped the qualification round with 117 hits.

USA’s 14-year-old Chloe Chaleunsinh finished fourth with 32 hits, Individual Neutral Athlete Kseniia Shuliak was fifth with 22, and India’s Agrima Kanwar completed the final lineup with 13.