Sumedh Kumar missed the gold on the last shot by 0.4 point to Russia’s Evgeniu Borovoi in free pistol in the ISSF Junior Cup shooting championship in Suhl, Germany, on Monday.
The 19-year-old Sumedh, who had topped the qualification with a score of 558, was tied with the Russian before the last two shots on 165.3, as he bridged a gap of about four points along the way. With a penultimate shot of 10.7, Sumedh led by 1.3 pints, but delivered an 8.1 on the last shot, to 9.8 by the Russian, in dropping the gold from his grasp.
Shivam Shukla (566), Achal Pratap Grewal (552) and Rushiraj Barot (551) won the 25-metre rapid fire pistol silver for India.
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The Indian team missed another silver, by 1.1 point to Switzerland, in the junior men air rifle event, as Akhil Sheoran was docked two points for an unsuccessful protest.
In junior women air rifle, former National champion Mampi Das shot 412.3 and missed the final by 1.1 point.
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50m free pistol: 1. Evggeniu Borovoi (Rus) 184.5 (549); 2. Sumedh Kumar 184.1 (558); 3. Alexandder Bassariev (Rus) 164.3 (556); 31. Arjun Das 528; 39. Samarjit Singh 517. Team: 1. Russia 1659; 2. Latvia 1633; 3. France 1605; 4. India 1603.
10m air rifle: 1. Ryosuke Yatsukawa (Jpn) 204.4 (621.1); 2. Evgeniy Ishchenko (Rus) 202.5 (623.5); 3. Kwon Ilgu (Kor) 181.1 (620.9); 6. Pratik Borse 120.7 (618.9); 12. Prashant 616.7; 24. Akhil Sheoran 613.3 (A2); 30. Swapnil Kusale 612.4; 39. Yash Padloskar 610.1; 48. Subhankar Pramanick 606.6. Team: 1. Russia 1862.6; 2. Switzerland 1850.0; 3. India 1848.9.
Junior women: 10m air rifle: 1. Charleen Baenisch (Ger) 207.0 (413.4); 2. Vanessa Hofstetter (Sui) 205.3 (416.6); 3. Martina Lindsay Veloso (Sin) 184.3 (415.8); 14. Mampi Das 412.3; 22. Shriyanka Sadangi 410.4; 30. Gayatri Pawaskar 409.8; 31. Prachi Gadkari 409.5; 66. Chahat Deep Kaur 401.9. Team: 1. France 1239.2; 2. Singapore 1237.8; 3. Korea 1237.5; 5. India 1231.6.