India's 14-year-old shooter Naamya Kapoor wins gold in Junior World C'ships

Sports    05-Oct-2021
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Lima (Peru), Oct 5: In a huge development, 14-year-old Naamya Kapoor stunned the other players including compatriot Manu Bhaker to win a gold medal in the women's 25m pistol event of the ISSF Junior world Championship on Monday. On the other hand, Bhaker won bronze in the same event.
 
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Making it a perfect day for India, Olympian Aishwary Pratap Singh Tomar then clinched the Junior Men's 50M Rifle 3 Positions gold to make it a clean sweep for India in the two medal events listed on competition day six of the ongoing International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF) Junior World Championship.
 
 
Kapoor shot 36 in the finals to claim the top prize ahead of France's Camille Jedrzejewski (33) and 19-year-old Olympian Bhakar (31), who has already won three gold so far in the tournament. Bhaker settled for bronze after the French markswoman prevailed in a shoot-off. Another Indian shooter, Rhythm Sangwan, finished fourth as the country dominated the finals.
 
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Kapoor was sixth in the qualification with a total of 580 as Bhaker (587) and Sangwan (586) grabbed the top two spots. Delhi's Kapoor had shot the second-best score of 583 in qualification to finish fifth in the national shooting selection trials at the Dr. Karni Singh Range in August.
 
In the day's second medal event, the Junior Men's 50M Rifle 3 Positions, only Aishwary made it to the finals among the five Indians in the fray. In fact, he even equalled the junior world record score of 1185 in qualification to top the field.
 
The talented youngster then went on to smash the Junior world record in the final with a score of 463.4, finishing almost a full seven points ahead of second-placed Frenchman Lucas Kryzs, who won silver with a score of 456.5. Gavin Barnick of the USA won bronze with 446.6.
 
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India lead standings with seven gold, six silver and three bronze for a total of 16 medals. 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.