Abhinav-Gautami pair bags gold at ISSF Junior World Championship | More sports News – Times of India

NEW DELHI: The Indian duo of Abhinav Shaw and Gautami Bhanot clinched the gold medal in the 10m air rifle mixed team event on the second day of the ISSF World Championship Juniors in Changwon, Korea.
In an impressive display of skill and teamwork, the Indian pair triumphed over the French duo of Oceanne Muller and Romain Aufrere, securing a 17-13 victory in the thrilling gold-medal match.
With this victory, India secured their third gold medal of the competition, propelling them to the second position in the overall medals tally. India also accumulated a silver medal and two bronze medals.

China lead the tally with the same number of gold and bronze as India, but with an additional silver to show for their efforts.
India also bagged a bronze in the second medal event of the day, the 10m air pistol mixed team event, when Abhinav Choudhury and Sainyam, who had won gold in the air pistol women’s individual competition on Sunday, got the better of Korea’s Kim Juri and Kim Kanghyun 17-11, in the bronze-medal match.
Abhinav and Gautami had earlier shot 627.4 in the qualification to finish second amongst 35 teams to qualify for the gold medal match-up.
Oceanne and Romain had topped the qualification with 632.4, but the Indian pair reversed the order in the final with some gritty shooting. They were down 0-4 initially, but showed tremendous resolve to pull through in the end.
The pair of Abhinav Choudhary and Sainyam shot a combined 574 in qualification to finish fourth. That gave them a shot at bronze, where they duly obliged.
Day three has four finals lined up, namely the men’s and women’s 10m air rifle finals and the men’s and women’s skeet final.
(With PTI Inputs)