Juniors sign off with Bronze at Plzen

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New Delhi, June 20 (UNI) Indian junior men's team won the Bronze in the 25m Sports Pistol competition on the last day of the 16th Meeting of Shooting Hopes at Plzen.

The team comprising Pushpender Singh (569), Nikhil Singh (563) and Asif Khan (559) shot a score of 1691 to claim the Bronze -- according to information received here.

The Gold in this event was won by Poland with a score of 1720 and Silver by Switzerland with a score of 1706.

In the individual event Pushpender Singh finished eighth with a score of 569 (286+283) followed by Nikhil Singh at 13th (563) while Asif Khan finished 14th with a score of 559 (276+283).

Earlier, India missed the Gold by a whisker and settled for a Silver in the 10m Air Rifle Jr Men team event. Fulchand Bangar (589), Navanath Fartade (591) and Hardeep Singh (580) shot a score of 1760 to claim the medal. The Gold was won by Austria with a score of 1762 while Sweden won the Bronze with a score of 1757.

In the individual event Fulchand Bangar finished fourth with a score of 690.4 (589+101.4) followed by Navanath Fartade (689.8) while Hardeep Singh was 28th with a score of 580 UNI PM YA GC1318

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