Subhankar Pramanick, the 19-year-old youngster, shot his way to gold in the 50m rifle prone event at the Junior World Cup organised by the International Shooting Sport Federation.
Fifty-metre rifle prone is an International Shooting Sport Federation event where shooters have to take 60 shots from the prone position with a .22 Long Rifle (5.6 mm) caliber rifle. The time limit is 75 minutes for the entire match, including sighting shots, or 90 minutes if there is a need to compensate for slow scoring systems.
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The sport is based on the traditional "English Match" which also consisted of 60 shots in the prone position with a .22 rifle, but had varying distances between 45.7 metres and 100 metres.
A 205.2 score by Czech Republic's Nepejchal Filp was not enough as Pramanick scored 205.5 points and claimed the top spot. Romanian shooter Dragomir Iordache came 3rd with a score of 185.1 as he failed to cut the deficit any shorter. This is India's first gold medal at the World Cup which started in Gabala today.
Subhankar, who hails from Barasat, West Bengal, loves reading and listening to music in his free time but devotes the maximum of his time to shooting.In 2013 he had occupied the 10th position in the Junior FR60PR event in ASC Tehran with a score of 603.8. This was his best performance until today. As a 14-year-old, he achieved the 18th position in ASC Kuwait City in 2011 in the AR60 event in the youth category.
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Akhmedzhanov Timur from Russia came fourth with a score of 164.0, followed by Rosli Zul Haziq of Malaysia, Nordhagen Vegard of Norway, Alali Ahmed Mohsen of Qatar and Larsen Henrik from Norway.
