India’s young shooter Ganimat Sekhan won a bronze medal in the women’s skateboard during the third day of the International Shooting Sports Federation (ISSF) World Cup on Sunday. The 20-year-old shooter, who is ranked 82nd in the world rankings in the shotgun range of the Karni Singh Shooting Complex in New Delhi, has hit 40 precise targets. Karthika Singh Shekhawat, India’s other shooter in the final, is fourth with 32 goals.
Indian men’s team wins gold in 10m air pistol event
Ghanimat, who finished second in the competition most of the time, missed three consecutive right-hand shoots, which led to a close match between Britain’s Amber Hill and Kazakhstan’s Oya Kravchenko. Hill defeated Karavchenko in the shoot-off for the gold medal.
Earlier in the qualifier, Ghanimat was third with 117 points while Karthika was fourth with 116 points. India’s Parinaz Dhaliwal is ninth with 108 points. Ghanimat was previously the first Indian skate shooter to win a medal at the ISSF World Championships in 2018. She won the bronze medal at the junior competition in Sydney. He finished 10th at the 2018 Asian Games.
Indian women won gold in the 10 meter air pistol team competition