Kapil and Rashmika Sahgal put down compatriots Jonathan Gavin Antony and Vanshika Chaudhary 16-10 in the 10m air pistol mixed team gold medal clash to give India their third gold of the competition. Later, Italians Marco Coco and Arianna Nember claimed top honours in the junior men\u2019s and women\u2019s skeet finals, respectively.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
India presently has three gold, five silver, and three bronze medals to show for their efforts.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
On Saturday morning, both the Indian teams had dominated the qualification, with Rashmika\u2013Kapil topping at 582-15x and Vanshika\u2013Gavin following at 578-20x. Also in the mixed team pistol, Spain\u2019s Ines Castro Ortega and Lucas Sanchez Tome secured bronze with a narrow 16-14 win over Iran\u2019s Parimah Amiri and Mohammadreza Ahmadi in mixed air.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Italy\u2019s charge in skeet competitions was led by Marco Coco, who carried his qualification form (122) into the junior men\u2019s final, shooting 56 hits from 60 targets to win gold. Finland\u2019s Lassi Akseli Matias Kauppinen claimed silver with 53 hits, while Cyprus\u2019s Andreas Pontikis took bronze with 43.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
India\u2019s Harmehar Singh Lally (35 hits) and Atul Singh Rajawat (25 hits) were eliminated in fourth and fifth place, respectively, while the Netherlands\u2019 Ryan Kooijman finished sixth with 14.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
The women\u2019s skeet final saw World Championship silver medalist Arianna Nember of Italy produce a stellar display, hitting 53 targets to secure gold. India\u2019s Olympian Raiza Dhillon pushed her close with 51 for silver, while reigning Asian champion Mansi Raghuwanshi added bronze with 41, having earlier topped qualification with 117.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
USA\u2019s 14-year-old Chloe Chaleunsinh finished fourth with 32, Individual Neutral Athlete Kseniia Shuliak was fifth with 22, and India\u2019s Agrima Kanwar completed the final line-up with 13.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Other Indians in action:<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Skeet Junior Men Qualification<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Jyotiraditya Singh Sisodiya \u2013 116 (13th)<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Yashvardhan Singh Rajawat \u2013 113 (18th)<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Ishaan Singh Libra \u2013 109 (26th)<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Skeet Junior Women Qualification<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Yashasvi Rathore \u2013 107 (9th)<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Shivani Raikwar \u2013 105 (12th)<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Fixtures: Competition Day 4<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Shivani Raikwar \u2013 105 (12th)<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Pistol shooters will also be in action on Sunday morning with Stage 1 qualification of the junior men\u2019s 25m rapid fire pistol beginning at 9:15 AM.<\/p>\r\n\r\n