Bhavtegh shoots skeet silver in junior WC
Bhavtegh Singh Gill bagged the silver medal in skeet in the junior shotgun World Cup in Porpetto, Italy, on Monday. Going into the 60shot nal, Bhavtegh was on par with the eventual gold medallist Benjamin Keller of USA, but eventually lost by a four-point margin.
It was a commendable fare as Bhavtegh pushed Jordan Sapp of the USA, who had shot a world record 125 out of 125 in qualication, to the bronze medal. With Sabeera Haris winning the junior women’s trap bronze earlier, it was a healthy fare by India, to be third in the medals table behind USA and Italy.
In junior women’s skeet,
Sanjana Sood shot 114 for the 10th place and missed the nal by one point.. Vanshika Tiwari (112) placed 13th in a eld of 42 shooters.
The results: Trap: Men: 1. Riccardo Mirabile (Ita) 45 (121), 2. Ramir Nikolaev (Ain) 40 (122), 3. Eduard Salichs (Esp) 32 (119); 8. Arya Vansh Tyagi 119; 19. Shardul Vihan 115; 34. Bakhtyaruddin Malek 112; 57. Divyansh Singh Thakur 108;62. Daksh Singh 106. Women: 1. Carey Jeana Garrison 40 (114), 2. Sofia Gori (Ita) 39 (113), 3. Sabeera Haris 29 (113); 7. Aashima Ahlawat 112; 28. Bhavya Tripathi 102; 31. Divya Singh 100; 33. Rajkuwar Ingle 100.
Skeet: Men: 1. Benjamin Keller (USA) 56 (124), 2. Bhavtegh Singh Gill 52 (121), 3. Jordan Sapp (USA) 44 (125 WR); 12. Harmehar Singh Lally 119; 18. Jyotiraditya Sisodiya 117; 26. Zorawar Singh Bedi 115; 33. Munek Battula 113.
India’s Anahat Singh advanced to the World Junior squash championships quarternals for the third straight year in Houston on Sunday. The 16-year-old National women’s champion, seeded 5/8, beat Japan’s Akari Midorikawa (9/ 16) 11-6, 13-11, 11-2 in the fourth round, and will take on Egypt’s Nadien Elhammamy (3/4) next. Meanwhile, Shaurya Bawa (17/ 32) moved to the boys’ singles quarternals with a 11-9, 5-11, 11-5, 13-11 win over Segundo Portabales (17/32) of Argentina. The Indian will meet Malaysia’s Low Wa-Sern (17/32) in the lasteight stage.