ISSF Junior World Championships: Women’s day in skeet, bronze for men at Junior Worlds

Lima, October 2

Indian shooters claimed the gold in the women’s skeet team event and the men won the team finals bronze at the ISSF Junior World Championships here.

The trio of Areeba Khan, Raiza Dhillon and Ganemat Sekhon finished atop the podium in the women’s event after shooting an aggregate score of six.

In the gold medal round on Friday, the Indian women were pitted against the Italian team of Damiana Paolacci, Sara Bongini and Giada Longhi, winning 6-0.

In the men’s section, the Indian team of Rajveer Gill, Ayush Rudraraju and Abhay Singh Sekhon won the bronze medal after prevailing over Turkey’s Ali Can Arabaci, Ahmet Baran and Muhammet Seyhun Kaya 6-0.

In the men’s individual skeet, none of the three Indians in the fray — Rajveer Gill, Abhay Singh Sekhon and Ayush Rudraraju — could make it to the six-man finals but shone in the team event.

India are currently placed second in the pecking order with two gold, three silver and two bronze for a total of seven medals in the tournament. The USA tops the chart with seven medals, including three gold.

This is the first multi-discipline shooting event since the Tokyo Olympics, with as many as 32 nations and nearly 370 athletes participating in the championship. — PTI