Mandi Gobindgarh shooter Arjun wins gold in jr world championship
CHANDIGARH: Mandi Gobindgarh shooter Arjun Singh Cheema won the junior men’s 50m pistol gold in the 52nd International Shooting Sport Federation World Championship at Changwon, South Korea, on Sunday.
Apart from individual gold, Arjun along with Gaurav Rana and Anmol Jain led the Indian junior team clinch team gold.
Arjun shot a score of 559 to get the better of Korean Woojong Kim, who shot 554 for the silver. Another Indian shooter Gaurav tallied 551 to claim bronze. The trio tallied 1659 to also claim the team gold ahead of Korea who came second with 1640. China won Bronze in the Team event.
In the mixed team 10m air rifle, the pair of Apurvi Chandela and Ravi Kumar shot 835.6 in qualifications to finish seventh. The top five teams make it to the finals and the Asian Games bronze medallists fell short by just 0.4 points. The second Indian team in the event, Deepak Kumar and Mehuli Ghosh, shot a combined score of 831.6 to end in 25th spot.
In the mixed team air pistol event, Heena Sidhu and Shahzar Rizvi shot 768 to end 10th in qualification.
The second Indian pair of Manu Bhaker and Abhishek Verma, shot 767 to finish in 12th position.
APART FROM INDIVIDUAL GOLD, ARJUN ALONG WITH GAURAV RANA AND ANMOL JAIN LED THE INDIAN JUNIOR TEAM CLINCH GOLD