ISSF Junior World Cup: Dhanush Srikanth wins India’s third gold | More sports News – Times of India

NEW DELHI: Dhanush Srikanth secured the gold medal in the men’s 10m air rifle event at the ISSF Junior World Cup held in Suhl, Germany, adding to India’s tally of three gold medals in the competition thus far.
In an impressive display, Dhanush scored 249.4 points in the 24-shot final, leaving the silver medalist, Pontus Kallin from Sweden, 1.3 points behind. The bronze medal was won by Romain Aufrere from France.
Additionally, India clinched a bronze medal in the skeet mixed team competition. Harmehar Lally and Sanjana Sood emerged victorious in a shoot-off against their Swedish counterparts, David Jonsson and Felicia Ros, securing the bronze for their country.

India now lead the medal tally with three gold, one silver and two bronze, ahead of the USA who have two gold and one silver thus far. Late in the day, the women’s 10m air rifle final is also scheduled.
Three Indians made the final of the junior men’s 10m air rifle. Besides Dhanush, who qualified sixth with a score of 628.4, Pratham Bhadana finished above him in fifth with 628.7. Abhinav Shaw, who won the air rifle mixed team gold on Sunday, also grabbed the eighth and final spot with a score of 626.7.
However, Abhinav bowed out in seventh, while Pratham missed out on a medal with a fourth-place finish. Dhanush, though, was in a different league in the final and led from the start, going from strength to strength, giving none of his opponents a chance.
There were two Indian teams in the skeet mixed team event. The pair of Ritu Raj Bundela and Raiza Dhillon finished seventh in qualifying with a score of 134.
Harmehar Lally and Sanjana Sood, the second pair, made the bronze-medal match cut with a fourth-place finish and a combined effort of 136 out of 150 targets.
There, they faced the Swedish pair of David Jonsson and Felicia Ros who finished third with a score of 137.
It was an intense battle for the bronze medal and after 48 targets per team, both were tied at 37 a piece, leading to a shoot-off. While both the men hit their first shoot-off targets, Felicia missed one of her doubles and Sanjana took full advantage, nailing hers for a well-earned bronze.
(With PTI Inputs)