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India Extends Junior World Cup Lead With Thokur’s Second Gold, Karmakar Silver

The tally reached 13 medals after rifle finals that featured thin entry lists.

Overview

  • Anushka Thokur, 18, won the women’s 50m rifle 3-positions with 461.0, adding to her earlier 50m rifle prone gold at the Delhi meet.
  • Adriyan Karmakar took silver in men’s 50m 3-positions with 454.8 behind Individual Neutral Athlete Dmitrii Pimenov, who scored 459.9.
  • India’s total rose to 13 medals—four gold, six silver and three bronze—keeping the hosts atop the table during the ongoing competition.
  • Several rifle and pistol events reported depleted fields, with only 12 entrants in each 3-positions final and sparse numbers in rapid fire pistol Stage 1.
  • On Day 3, Rashmika Sahgal and Kapil led a 1-2 for India in 10m air pistol mixed team (16-10 over Vanshika Chaudhary and Jonathan Gavin Antony) as Italy swept skeet golds and Raiza Dhillon earned women’s skeet silver.