Gold for Anish

June 24, 2017 10:02 pm | Updated 10:02 pm IST - Suhl (Germany)

Anish.

Anish.

Anish Bhanwala gave a robust start to the Indian challenge by clinching the 25-metre standard pistol gold in the Junor World shooting championship on Saturday.

The 14-year-old Anish shot 579 to win the gold. Anish also bettered the junior world record of 574 set by Denis Koulakov of Russia in Lahti, Finland, in 2002.

The results: Junior men: 25m standard pistol: 1. Anish Bhanwala 579 (WRJ); 2. Florian Peter (Ger) 572; 3. Pavlo Korostylov (Ukr) 570; 10. Anhad Jawanda 561; 23. Sambhaji Patil 547.

Team: 1. China 1694; 2. India 1687; 3. France 1678.

50m rifle prone: 1. Cristian Friman (Fin) 246.4(10.4) 620.7; 2. Dragomir Iordache (Rou) 246.4(9.8) 619.6; 3. Liu Yukun (Chn) 225.5 (621.2); 23. Fateh Singh Dhillon 617.3; 29. Subhankar Pramanick 615.9; 66. Syed Araib Parvez 606.0.

Team: 1. Austria 1865.6 (WRJ); 2. Norway 1858.0; 3. Russia 1855.8; 14. India 1839.2.

Junior women: 50m rifle prone: 1. Katerina Kolarikova (Cze) 624.9 (WRJ); 2. Anastasiia Galashina (Rus) 621.6; 3. Jeanette Hegg Duestad (Nor) 620.6; 21. Shirin Godara 615.9; 41. Prasiddhi Mahant 609.8; 57. Ayushi Podder 605.4.

Team: 1. Norway 1859.7 (WRJ), 2. US 1852.3; 3. China 1848.0; 16. India 1831.1.

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