Manu, Anmol seal gold no. 7 for India

Manu Bhaker and Anmol secured India’s seventh gold medal in the ISSF junior World Cup by winning the mixed 10m air pistol event with a qualification world record in Sydney on Tuesday.

Genemat Sekhon bagged an individual bronze medal in the women’s skeet, shooting a 36 in the final.

In the mixed 10m air rifle event, 17- year- old Shreya Agrawal and 19year- old Arjun Babuta completed the podium in third place, finishing with 432.8 points, while country mates Elavenil Valarivan Elavenil ( 18) and Tejas Krishna Prasad ( 20) finished fourth with 389.1.

Bhaker and Anmol dominated the event from the very start and entered the final with the highest qualification score and a new junior qualification world record.

They finished with a 5.6 advantage on their closest rivals, China’s Liu Jinyao and Li Xue.

The Indian youngsters dominated the final from its very first series, progressively building a gap from their closest opponents.

They eventually finished with 478.9 points, just 1.8 points away from the current world record.

Previously, Anmol and Bhaker also set a new junior qualification world record with 770 points.

Silver and bronze medals went to China, as Liu Jinyao ( 20) and Li Xue ( 18) finished in second position with 473.3 points ahead of Wang Zhehao ( 19) and Xiao Jiaruixuan ( 15) with 410.7.