Lima, October 3
Olympian Manu Bhaker was at the heart of India’s outstanding performance, winning two more gold medals, as the country surged to the top of the junior world championships standings here.
India collected four gold medals out of the six on offer on competition Day 3, along with two silvers, to claim the top position in the ISSF event.
India swept the 10m air pistol medal events, winning the mixed, women’s and men’s team competitions, and also won gold in the 10m air rifle men’s team event.
India ended the day with six gold, six silver and two bronze medals. USA are lying second with four gold, four silver and two bronze.
The 19-year-old Bhaker now has a total of three gold at the championship. She partnered Sarabjot Singh to clinch gold in the 10m pistol mixed team. She then teamed up with Rhythm Sangwan and Shikha Narwal to win the 10m pistol women’s team event, beating Belarus 16-12 in the gold medal match.
The men’s pistol team of Naveen, Sarabjot Singh and Shiva Narwal edged out Belarus 16-14 to win gold.
Earlier in the day, the men’s 10m air rifle team had also won gold. In the women’s 10m air rifle team event, India finished second behind Hungary. India had earlier won silver in the 10m air rifle mixed team event. — PTI
Ravinder loses bronze in wrestling Worlds
Oslo: Indian wrestler Ravinder Dahiya was outwitted by Armenia’s Arsen Harutyunyan in the 61kg bronze-medal playoff in the World Championship. Harutyunyan finished the bout in 2 minutes, 16 seconds with a technical superiority win. Earlier, Ravinder pulled off a sensational come-from-behind victory against Bulgaria’s Georgi Valentinov Vangelov after trailing 0-8 in the repechage round. Ravinder changed the complexion of the bout with a single-leg attack to win by fall towards the end of the first period. In the 57kg category, Pankaj Malik lost his pre-quarterfinal bout by technical superiority in 63 seconds to Turkey’s Suleyman Atli. Rohit (65kg) lost his pre-quarterfinal 5-4 to Russia’s Zagir Shakhiev. Pruthviraj Patil (92kg) lasted only 32 seconds in the pre-quarterfinals, losing to Azebaijan’s Osman Nurmagomedov. pti
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