Asian youth silver medallist Yashaswini finished seventh in junior women’s air pistol in the International Junior Cup shooting championship in Suhl, Germany, on Wednesday.
Yashaswini, who had clinched the Youth Olympics quota place ahead of National women’s champion Malaika Goel, qualified at the top with 381, but was unable to assert herself in a strong field in which five shooters qualified with 381 and two with 380.
A string of 8s and 9s put paid to Yashaswini’s hopes as she mustered 92.9 points from her first 10 shots in the final and was eliminated second, one point behind Mathilde Lamolle of France. In junior men’s double trap, 17-year-old Jaisal Singh, son of Olympian Mansher Singh, shot 125 out of 150 and placed 12th.
The results: Men: Air pistol: 1. Bohdan Krylenko (Ukr) 197.6; 2. Aleksei Kuznetcov (Rus) 195.5; 3. Pavlo Korostylov (Ukr) 175.4; 34. Arjun Das 561; 38. Achal Pratap Grewal 560; 40. Vishwajeet Singh 560; 66. Samarjit Singh 548; 69. Preshant Jakhar 547.
Double trap: 1. Ian Rupert (US) 29 (28)3 (138); 2. Kiril Fokeev (Rus) 27 (29) 136; 3. Andrea Vescovi (Ita) 26 (27) 137; 4. Vlacheslav Yukhimenko (Rus) 24 (28)1 (136); 12. Jaisal Singh 125; 16. Ahvar Rizvi 101.
Women: Air pistol: 1. Vitaka Batsarashkina (Rus) 201.5 (381); 2. Agata Nowak (Pol) 194.1 (381); 3. Daria Lopatina (Rus) 174.5 (381); 7. Yashaswini 92.9 (381); 14. Shri Nivetha 375; 29. Shakshi Dagar 370; 33. Shreya Gawande 369; 58. Gauri Sheoran 359.
Rifle 3-position: 1. Setna Gschwandtner (Ger) 458.7; 2. Nina Laura Kreutzer (Ger) 457.8; 3. Yasmin Schulze (Ger) 444.8; 21. Priyal Keni 571; 48. Anjum Moudgil 559; 59. Sandhya Winfred 554; 66. Chahat Deep Kaur 552.
