ISSF World Junior Championship: Abhinav Shaw-Gautami Bhanot bag mixed team gold

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The pair of Abhinav Shaw and Gautami Bhanot won the 10m air rifle mixed team gold on day two of the ISSF World Championship Juniors in Changwon, Korea.

The Indian pair defeated the French combination of Oceanne Muller and Romain Aufrere 17-13 in the gold-medal match. This was India's third gold of the competition, which took the country to second position in the medals tally, with a silver and two bronze medals to boot.

China leads the tally with the same number of gold and bronze as India, but with an additional silver to show for their efforts. India also bagged a bronze in 10m air pistol mixed team event, when Abhinav Choudhury and Sainyam, got the better of Korea's Kim Juri and Kim Kanghyun 17-11.

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