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Indian Shooter
Grabs Gold in ISSF’s Junior World Cup
Young Indian shooter Subhankar Pramanick clinched the gold medal in
50-metre rifle prone event at the ISSF Junior World Cup for pistol, rifle and
shotgun here on Sunday.
The Indian shot 205.5 overall to
finish top of the podium. Czech Republic’s Filip Nepejchal (205.2) followed in
second position, while Romania’s Dragomir Iordache (185.1) was placed third at
the end of the finals.
The Indian shot 205.5 overall to finish top of the podium.
A total of 279 junior athletes,
representing 27 countries, are battling it out in 18 events.
Pramanick had finished sixth in
the qualification after shooting 613.8 over six series. As per ISSF rules, the
top eight qualify for the finals. The other Indians in the fray, Mayur Deva
Bhanu and V Sarvesh Swaroop Shankar, Fateh Singh Dhillon, P Ajaey Nithish and
Syed Araib Parvez could not qualify for the finals, finishing 10th, 11th, 13th,
15th and 16th respectively.
Source: PTI
