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Indian shooters rise high at the ISSF World Championships

Shooter Gurnihal Singh Garcha clinches bronze, while Junior men's team bag silver to record country's first medals in the event at ISSF World Championships

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Members of India's silver medal-winning skeet team, Anantjeet Singh Naruka (left), Ayush Rudraraju and Gurnihal Singh Garcha (right)

Members of India's silver medal-winning skeet team, Anantjeet Singh Naruka (left), Ayush Rudraraju and Gurnihal Singh Garcha (right)

India's junior shooters scaled another high by delivering the country's first set of skeet medals at the ISSF World Championships – a men's team silver and an individual bronze by Gurnihal Singh Garcha here yesterday. Before this edition of the world championships, India had won all its shotgun medals in the trap and double trap disciplines. This will be the first time that Indian skeet shooters will come back with medals from the premiere competition.

The trio of Gurnihal (119), Anantjeet Singh Naruka (117) and Ayush Rudraraju (119) combined for a score of 355 for a second-place finish in the finals. Gurnihal, 19, also made the individual final, where he shot a score of 46 to claim the individual bronze, the biggest achievement of his international career so far. Italian Elia Sdruccioli notched up the gold with a score of 55, while American Nic Moschetti won the silver with 54.

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