Anushka Thokur shoots gold, Adriyan Karmakar gets silver in Junior World Cup Shooting

Anushka Thokur showed why she is rated the best talent in the country as the Bangalore-based shooter displayed remarkable consistency, waning only on the last shot, to win gold on Sunday at the ISSF Junior World Cup Rifle/Pistol/Shotgun underway at the Dr Karni Singh Ranges in New Delhi.

The youngster clinched gold in 50m Rifle 3 Positions, besting the challenge of opponents by a huge margin. Anastasiia Sorokina, who won silver had shot 454.9 in the final, a clear 6.1 points behind Anushka’s 461.0.

She scored a perfect 10.9 on her 35th shot in the standing position. The Indian had earlier qualified with 585-31x.

This was the Junior Asian champion’s second gold of the competition after the one she won in rifle prone on day one.

Sorokina’s teammate Mariia Kruglova took bronze with 444.0, edging out Anastasiia Gorokhova (AIN), who finished fourth on 434.3.

Among other finalists, India’s Mahit Sandhu placed fifth with 422.7, followed by Croatia’s Anamarija Turk (408.9). India’s Prachi Gaikwad finished seventh with 399.3, while Slovakia’s Kamila Novotna was eighth with 399.2.

The men’s junior 50m Rifle 3 Positions final saw Individual Neutral Athlete Dmitrii Pimenov, silver medallist at the ISSF World Cup Ningbo, clinch gold with 461.0. India’s Adriyan Karmakar, who had topped qualification with 587-34x, fought hard but settled for silver with 455.9. Another Individual Neutral Athlete, Kamil Nuriakhmetov, claimed bronze with 441.0.

Croatia’s Darko Tomasevic was fourth with 430.3, followed by India’s Vedant Nitin Waghmare (420.9). Iaroslav Klimin (AIN) finished sixth with 408.0, while India’s Sami Ullah Khan (393.0) and Slovakia’s Lukas Horinek (386.6) completed the line-up.

It was a particularly strong day for AIN shooters, who walked away with four medals across the two finals.

India continues to lead the medals table with four gold, six silver, and three bronze medals. Individual Neutral Athletes (AIN) are in second place with three gold, one silver, and two bronze.

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