Shukla wins gold, silver for Akhil in ISSF Junior Cup

Shivam Shukla today won his third gold medal while Akhil Sheoran added a silver as India's tally rose to an impressive 13 at the ongoing 2nd ISSF Junior Cup shooting tournament in Suhl, Germany.
Shukla triumphed in the Junior men's 25m Pistol event on Day four of the competition. He also added another silver medal to his kitty in the team section of the same event, combining with Arjun Das and Simarjit Singh to shoot a combined score of 1676, finishing behind the French team, which shot 1695. Shukla's tally from the tournament now stands at three gold and two silver medals.

Earlier, Sheoran clinched the silver medal in 50m Rifle 3 Position. Akhil narrowly lost out on the gold in a shoot-off to Switzerland's Christoph Duerr. Italy's Marco Suppini won the bronze medal, finishing with a score of 439.5.
Both Christoph and Akhil had earlier finished with a score of 454.3, before the Swiss shooter scored 10.4 in the shoot-off to Akhil's 10.0.
The premiere shooting tournament for juniors is being played at the Shooting Centre in Suhl and had already seen India win nine medals in the first three days of competition.
Day four of the competition also saw the Indian Junior Women's team in the 25m Pistol, bag a bronze medal - the squad's 11th of the competition overall. The troika of Gauri Sheoran, Shreya Gawande and Chinki Yadav shot a combined score of 1719 to finish behind the gold medal winning Russian team and the silver medal winning team from Korea.

Both Russia and Korea finished with identical scores of 1726 in the final, but Russia had more inner 10s than the Korean team. Gauri Sheoran had also reached the Finals of the Junior Women's 25m Pistol event.
India's tally at the competition now stands at three gold, six silver and four bronze medals.