India’s Gurnihal Singh Garcha won the bronze medal while the team clinched silver in junior men’s skeet event at the ongoing ISSF World Championships on Tuesday. However, the senior shooters drew a blank at the biggest International Shooting Sport Federation event in Changwon, Korea.
Garcha scored 46/50 hits to finish on the podium, behind Italy’s Elia Sdruccioli and Nic Moschetti from USA. He was the only Indian in the final.
The trio of Garcha (119), Anantjeet Singh Naruka (117) and Ayush Rudraraju (119) combined for a score of 355 for a second-place finish in the team event. The three had topped the charts on day one of the qualifying on Monday.
The gold medal was won by Czech Republic with a score 356, while the bronze went to the Italian team, which shot a score of 354.
However, the senior women’s skeet team ended ninth with a score of 319. Rashmi Rathore (108), Maheshwari Chauhan (106) and Ganemat Sekhon (105) failed to qualify for the individual finals as well.
In the junior women’s 50m rifle 3 position competition, the Indian team finished 14th with a score of 3383. Bhakti Khamkar (1132), Shirin Godara (1130) and Ayushi Podder (1121) did not make it to the individual finals either.