Vivaan Kapoor wins bronze in trap at junior shooting World Cup - Hindustan Times
close_game
close_game

Vivaan Kapoor wins bronze in trap at junior shooting World Cup

PTI, Sydney | ByPTI
Mar 23, 2018 04:10 PM IST

Vivaan Kapoor secured bronze with 30 hits out of 40 clays, finishing ahead of Kun-Pi Yang of Chinese Taipei (26) in the final of trap at junior shooting World Cup

Teenager Vivaan Kapoor bagged the trap bronze medal in the ISSF junior World Cup here today, continuing the Indian shooting team’s impressive run in the tournament.

Vivaan Kapoor (right) on the podium after winning bronze medal in trap at junior shooting World Cup(ISSF)
Vivaan Kapoor (right) on the podium after winning bronze medal in trap at junior shooting World Cup(ISSF)

The podium in the trap event was completed by India’s Kapoor — who previously finished 18th at the ISSF Junior World Cup in Porpetto, Italy, his only other ISSF start. The 16-year-old shooter secured bronze with 30 hits out of 40 clays, finishing ahead of Kun-Pi Yang of Chinese Taipei (26) in the final.

Hindustan Times - your fastest source for breaking news! Read now.

READ | Buoyed by 2017 success, Kidambi Srikanth chases golden dream at Gold Coast

Vivaan (113) combined with Lakshay (112) and Ali Aman Elahi (103) to win the team bronze with a total score of 328 behind Australia (331) and gold medallist China (335).

In the individual event, Vivaan shot 113 in qualification to qualify as the fifth finalist after coming second best to the silver winning 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 Kun-Pi Yang who also had the same number of hits but Vivaan had qualified in a higher position for the final, which ensured his first junior World Cup medal.

READ | Usain Bolt’s coming! Star to train with Borussia Dortmund

Lakshay and Elahi were 8th and 13th in the qualification respectively. Italy’s 18-year-old Matteo Marongui finally pocketed the first international gold medal of his career, besting Ouyang Yiliu of China in a shoot-off for first place.

Marongiu - the junior silver medallist at last year’s ISSF Shotgun World Championship - climbed atop the podium after an exciting tie-breaking shoot-off for the gold medal.

Both Marongiu and Ouyang, in fact, crushed 39 of their 50 final targets, and it took two more for the Italian youngster to secure his first international gold.

READ | Lewis Hamilton leads Mercedes 1-2 in first practice at Australian Grand Prix F1

In the 50m rifle 3 position event, India’s Sam George Sajan Christopher Ramesh (402.5) finished 6th in the final after shooting 1140 in the qualification.

The other Indians in the event - Harshit Binjwa, Sartaj Singh Tiwana Mithlesh Babu finished 9th, 12th and 13th respectively.

China won their third gold medal as Zhang Changhong ruled the 50m rifle 3 positions junior final, adding his name to the ones of Liu Yuqi and Duan Yuwei.

READ | World No.1 Dustin Johnson crashes out at World Golf Championships Match Play

Finland’s Sebastian Langstrom (19) took silver with 448.0 points, while the bronze medal was awarded to Hungary’s Zalan Pekler.

India so far have 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.

Catch all the Latest IPL 2024 news and Live Cricket Score along with WPL Schedule and WPL Points Table related updates on Hindustan Times Website and APPs
SHARE THIS ARTICLE ON
Share this article
SHARE
Story Saved
Live Score
OPEN APP
Saved Articles
Following
My Reads
Sign out
New Delhi 0C
Thursday, March 28, 2024
Start 14 Days Free Trial Subscribe Now
Follow Us On