India Tops Medal Tally at ISSF Junior Shooting World Cup with Two Final Day Medals
India win two medals on final day, finish on top of medal tally
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India concluded the ISSF Junior Shooting World Cup in Cairo, Egypt, securing the top position in the medal tally with a total of 16 medals, including five golds. Hemant Burman won silver in the men's 50m rifle 3 positions, while the duo of Zuhair Khan and Addya Katyal claimed bronze in the trap mixed team event.
- 01India finished first in the medal tally with 16 total medals.
- 02Hemant Burman won silver in the men's 50m rifle 3 positions.
- 03Zuhair Khan and Addya Katyal secured bronze in the trap mixed team event.
- 04Oleg Noskov of Kazakhstan set a new world junior record in the rifle event.
- 05The Indian junior team will next compete at the ISSF Junior World Championship in Germany.
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At the ISSF Junior Shooting World Cup held in Cairo, Egypt, India topped the medal tally with a total of 16 medals, comprising five gold, six silver, and five bronze. Hemant Burman earned a silver medal in the men's 50m rifle 3 positions event, scoring 351.7 points. He qualified for the finals in seventh place and was joined by fellow Indians Vedant Nitin Waghmare and Rohit Kanyan, who finished sixth and seventh, respectively. The gold medal was clinched by Oleg Noskov of Kazakhstan, who set a new world junior record with a score of 355.6. In the trap mixed team event, the pair of Zuhair Khan and Addya Katyal won bronze with a score of 19 after a challenging final series. The competition concluded with all Indian participants in the women's 50m rifle prone event finishing outside the medal positions. The Indian team is now preparing for the upcoming ISSF Junior World Championship scheduled for June in Suhl, Germany.
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India's success at the ISSF Junior Shooting World Cup highlights the country's growing prowess in shooting sports, which may inspire more youth to participate in these events.
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