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Shooter Vivaan shines at Junior World Cup

IANS  |  Sydney 

India's bagged the bronze in the men's Trap event at the (ISSF) Junior here on Friday.

The 16-year-old shot 30 birds in the six-man final to come away with a podium finish after 40 shots of the 45-shot final.

Italy's won the individual gold in the event, getting the better of China's Yiliu Ouyang in a shoot-off after both were tied at 39 hits a piece at the end of the final round.

Yiliu missed the second bird in the shoot-off.

Vivaan added a second medal later in the day, winning the team bronze in the event along with compatriots and

Vivaan, Lakshay and Ali compiled a collective score of 328 to finish behind silver medalists (331) and gold medalists (335) in the team section.

In the individual event, Vivaan shot 113 in qualification to qualify as the fifth finalist after coming second best to the Chinese 4-3 in a shoot-off to determine minor places.

He then shot 26 out of the first 35 birds to edge out Chinese Taipei's who also had the same number of hits but Vivaan had qualified in a higher position for the final, which ensured his first Junior medal.

had another finalist on the day with in the Junior Men's 50m Rifle 3 Postiions, shooting 1140 in qualifying to eventually finish sixth in the final with a score of 402.5.

have so far claimed two gold and three bronze medals in the competition and are placed second behind China, who have collected five gold, one silver and three bronze.

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First Published: Fri, March 23 2018. 15:52 IST
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