Anish also teamed up with Anhad Jawanda and Adarsh Singh to win the Team Silver medal in the event.
Anish Bhanwala (Photo: Official ISSF website)
National Champion Anish Bhanwala got the better of China’s Zhipeng Cheng 29-27 to win the 25m Rapid Fire Pistol Gold at the ISSF Junior Shooting World Cup in Sydney, Australia on Monday.
Anish, who had broken the world record in the event with a score of 37 in the National Trials in January (world records are not recognized in national trials), topped the qualification round before that by quite a distance; shooting 585 while second-placed qualifier Jueming Zhang of China managed 579, a good six points behind.
In the 40-shot final, Anish and Zhipeng were fastest off the blocks shooting four out of five after the first five-shot series and the Haryana teenager went ahead 9-8 after the second series itself, maintaining a gap of two over Zhipeng throughout to clinch his first Junior World Cup Gold.
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He also teamed up with Anhad Jawanda and Adarsh Singh to win the Team Silver medal in the event with a combined score of 1714, behind China who shot 1733.
Anhad along with compatriot Rajkanwar Singh Sandhu, also reached the individual final, finishing fourth and sixth eventually.
With two more days of competition and five more finals to go, India are now placed second on the medals tally with six gold, three silver and six bronze medals, just below table toppers China, who have seven Gold, four silver and six bronze medals.
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