New Delhi, June 27
Teen sensation Manu Bhaker fired her way to an individual gold medal with a world record score while Anish Bhanwala bagged a bronze as India continued their dominance at the ISSF Junior World Cup in Suhl, Germany, today. The 16-year-old Manu shot an impressive 242.5 to win the top prize in 10m air pistol event, while Anish added to India's tally by finishing third in the men's 25m rapid fire pistol.
For Manu, this was year's fourth individual gold at a major tournament this year, and the third with a world record. Their efforts took India's tally in the competition to an impressive 17 medals so far.
Manu shot 242.5 in the 24-shot final to rewrite yet another junior world record, shrugging off the challenge of China's Kaiman Lu, who shot 236.9, 5.6 points behind the Indian's score!
Manu had earlier combined with teammates Mahima Turhi Agrawal and Devanshi Rana to win the team bronze with a total score of 1694 after the qualification round. Such was Manu's dominance in the final that opened up a lead of 3.4 points after 10 shots, 3.8 after 12 and a huge 6.1 after 18 shots before closing out with a plenty to spare.
Reigning Commonwealth Games champion Anish claimed his fourth international medal of the year when he shot 24 in the final of the 25m rapid fire event. India have so far won nine gold, one silver and seven bronze medals from the competition which has seen participation from the top shooting nations. PTI
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