Anmol Jain and Manu Bhaker added another gold medal for India at the ISSF Junior Shooting World Cup in Sydney when they won the 10m Air Pistol Mixed Team final on Monday.
India, with 18 medals (seven golds, three silvers and eight bronze medals), are second in the standings, following China with 22 medals. Italy is third with two gold medals and a bronze.
Ganemat Sekhon, 18, clinched the bronze medal in Skeet Women event.
Anmol, 19, and Manu, 16, dominated the final match since its very first series, progressively building a gap between them and their closest rivals and eventually finishing with 478.9 points, 1.8-point away from the current World Record.
Anmol and Manu also set a new Junior Qualification World Record with 770 points.
China clinched the bronze and silver medals. Liu Jinyao and Li Xue finished second with 473.3 points, while Wang Zhehao and Xiao Jiaruixuan finished with 410.7.
A second Indian pair – 18-year-old Gaurav Rana and 19-year-old Mahima Turhi Agrawal – finished fourth, leaving the final at the 38th-shot mark with 370.2 points.
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