Indian pistol shooter Sameer wins Silver medal at ISSF World Championship

Indian pistol shooter Sameer wins Silver medal at ISSF World Championship

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Category : Sports Published on: October 20 2022

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Indian pistol shooter Sameer won a Silver in the 25m Rapid Fire Pistol Men Junior event of International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF) World Championship in Cairo, Egypt.
Sonipat’s shooter got 23 hits in the medal match, finishing behind Wang Shiwen of China, who won gold with 25. Liu Yangpan won bronze in a match which pitted three Chinese against one Indian.
Earlier, the Men’s 10m Air Rifle team of Rudrankksh Balasaheb Patil, Kiran Ankush Jadhav and Arjun Babuta also won India’s fifth gold of the championships.
India have won so far total 14 medals, including five gold, three silver and six bronze medals in the ongoing ISSF Championship. They remain second in the standings behind China.

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