PUNE: Indian shooters added another medal to their tally when
Shreya Agrawal
and
Divyansh Singh Panwar
combined to win junior 10m air rifle mixed bronze at the
ISSF World Championships
in Changwon on Wednesday.
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After scoring 834.4 to qualifying fifth for the five-team final, the Indian pair started the medal round with some consistent 10s.
With three series of 102.8, 102.8 and 104, the Indian duo maintained second position till midway.
The Indians slipped to third position after the fourth series. They shot 435 before getting eliminated and securing bronze for the country.
Shreya is a trainee of
Gagan Narang
's Gun For Glory Academy.
Other Indian pair of Elavenil Valarivan and Hriday Hazarika finished 13th in the qualification with a combined score of 829.5.
In senior men's 50m rifle prone event, Chain Singh finished 14th (623.9), while Sanjeev Rajput shot 620 to end the match at 48th position. The event has been removed from the Olympic programme by the ISSF.
In women's 50m rifle prone event, Tejaswini Sawant was ranked 28th after shooting 617.4, while silver medallist in 10m air rifle event, Anjum Moudgil's 616.5 placed her at 33rd position. Shreya Saksena was placed lowly at 54th position with a poor score of 609.9.