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India finishes with 1 Gold, 3 Silvers and 2 Bronze at the Shotgun discipline in the recently-concluded ISSF World Championships 2018, held at Changwon, Korea. Here's a recap of the how the events unfolded in the Shotgun discipline.
» Trap Men - an Olympic event
World record holder Alberto Fernandez from Spain, shot 48 clay targets in the final to win the Gold. Varga of Slovakia dropped three targets to settle for Silver. India's Manavjit Singh ended in 25th place while Asian Games Silver medalist Lakshay achieved 35th place.
Gold - Alberto Fernandez (ESP) 48 (EWR), Silver - Erik Varga (SVK) 47, Bronze - Abdulrahman Al Faihan (KUW) 32, 4th Place - James Willet (AUS) 28.
25th Place - Manavjit Singh Sandhu (IND) 119, 28th Place - Zoravar Singh Sandhu (IND) 118, 35th Place - Lakshay (IND) 118.
» Trap Men Team
Three teams tied for the medal positions in the Team event. Kuwait took the Gold on countback, followed by USA and Italy.
Gold - Kuwait 360 (Abdulrahman Al Faihan 122, Talal Al Rashidi 120, Khaled Al Mudhaf 118)
Silver - United States of America 360 (Walton Eller 123, Grayson Trent Davey 120, Casey Wallace 117)
Bronze - Italy 360 (Mauro De Filippis 122, Giovanni Pellielo 120 , Valerio Grazini 118)
10th Place - India 355 (Manavjit Singh Sandhu 119, Zoravar Singh Sandhu 118, Lakshay 118)
» Trap Women - an Olympic event
Former Olympic Silver Medalist Rehak Stefecekova won the Gold in Women's Trap after a gap of 8 years. Wang would have obtained the Gold after the Slovakian blew her last shot. The Chinese shooter too missed her final shot and took the Silver.
Gold - Zuzana Rehak Stefecekova (SVK) 45 (S-Off 3), Silver - Xiaojing Wang (CHN) 45 (S-Off 2), Bronze - Silvana Stanco (ITA) 36, 4th Place - Laetisha Scanlan (AUS) 30.
34th Place - Shreyasi Singh (IND) 110, 41st Place - Seema Tomar (IND) 108, 42nd Place - Varsha Varman (IND) 107.
» Trap Women Team
Stanco helped Italy along with her teammates to a Team Gold with a new world record. Spain took the Silver 1 point adrift of the Italians.
Gold - Italy 343 (WR) (Silvana Stanco 119, Jessica Rossi 115, Alessia Iezzi 109)
Silver - Spain 342 (Beatriz Martinez 116, Fatima Galvez 114, Francisca Munoz De Leon Moral 112)
Bronze - United States of America 339 (Kayle Browning 114, Ashley Carroll 114, Aeriel Alease Skinner 111)
8th Place - India 325 (Shreyasi Singh 110, Seema Tomar 108, Varsha Varman 107)
» Trap Mixed Team - an Olympic event
Slovakia, who were the favourites to take the Gold in the Mixed Trap event, did it in style 5 points ahead of Silver medalists Russia.
Gold - Slovakia1 45 (Zuzana Rehak Stefecekova, Erik Varga)
Silver - Russia1 40 (Ekaterina Rabaya, Alexey Alipov)
Bronze - Great Britain1 33 (Kirsty Barr, Aaron Heading)
12th Place - India2 140 (Seema Tomar, Manavjit Singh Sandhu)
16th Place - India1 - 138 (Shreyasi Singh, Lakshay)
» Skeet Men - an Olympic event
Double Olympic Champion Vincent Hancock of USA won his 4th World Championship Gold by equalling the world record in qualification, hitting all the 125 clay targets. In the Final, he shot 59 clay pigeons to tie the world record by losing one target in his eighth shot. Indian skeet shooters fared poorly as Angad Bajwa was the best among the three, finishing in 49th place.
Gold - Vincent Hancock (USA) 59 (EWR), Silver - Erik Watndal (NOR) 55, Bronze - Ricardo Filippelli (ITA) 44, 4th Place - Emmanuel Petit (FRA) 37.
49th Place - Angad Vir Singh Bajwa (IND) 118, 69th Place - Sheeraz Sheikh (IND) 115, 77th Place - Mairaj Ahmad Khan (IND) 113.
» Skeet Men Team
France won the Gold in Men's skeet, followed by Italy and Russia. Hancock narrowly missed his second Gold as the USA took the 4th spot, trailing by one point.
Gold - France 365 (Emmanuel Petit 122, Eric Delaunay 122, Anthony Terras 121).
Silver - Italy 363 (Riccardo Filippelli 123, Gabriele Rossetti 122, Tammaro Cassandro 118)
Bronze - Russia 361 (Anton Astakhov 122, Alexander Zemlin 120, Yaroslav Startsev 119).
20th Place - India 346 (Angad Vir Singh Bajwa 118, Sheeraz Sheikh 115, Mairaj Ahmad Khan 113).
» Skeet Women
Caitlin Connor eventually got the Gold following 7 silver medals in ISSF competitions.The United States won their fourth consecutive medal at the World Championships in Women's Skeet. Rhodes secured the Silver and Amber clinched the Bronze as the USA won all the three medals on offer.
Gold - Caitlin Connor (USA) 57, Silver - Kimberly Rhode (USA) 56, Bronze - Amber English (USA) 46. 4th Place - Danka Bartekova (SVK) 36, 5th Place - Natalia Vinogradova (RUS) 26.
41st Place - Rashmi Rathore (IND) 108, 49th Place - Maheshwari Chauhan (IND) 106, 50th Place - Ganemat Sekhon (IND) 105.
» Skeet Women Team
The United States created a new world record in the team event to claim the Gold. India had a poor performance, finishing in 9th place.
Gold - United States of America 355 (WR) (Caitlin Connor 119, Kimberly Rhode 118, Amber English 118)
Silver - Italy 347 (Katiuscia Spada 116, Diana Bacosi 116, Chiara Cainero 115)
Bronze - Cyprus 345 (Andri Eleftheriou 119, Konstantia Nikolaou117, Panagiota Andreou 109)
9th Place - India 319 (Rashmi Rathore 108, Maheshwari Chauhan 106, Ganemat Sekhon 105)
» Double Trap Men
26-year-old Ankur Mittal took home the Gold in the Double Trap event for Men after a three-way shoot-off for the medals was decided on a shoot-off after they tied at 140. Mittal, who was trailing the Chinese and the Slovakian by one point, shot all his 30 clay targets in the final round to be on level terms before winning the shoot-off to claim Gold.
Gold - Ankur Mittal (IND) 140 (S-Off +4), Silver - Yiyang Yang (CHN) 140 (S-Off +3), Bronze - Hubert Andrzej Olejnik (SVK) 140 (S-Off +1). 7th Place - Asab Mohd (IND) 135, 15th Place - Shardul Vihan (IND) - 134.
» Double Trap Men Team
Italy won the Team Gold, shrugging off the disappointment of not being able to make it to the medals in the individual section.
Gold - Italy 411 (Andrea Vescovi 139, Daniele Di Spigno 137, Marco Innocenti 135)
Silver - China 410 (Yiyang Yang 140, Anlong Liu 135, QI Ying Qi 135)
Bronze - India 409 (Ankur Mittal 140, Asab Mohd 135, Shardul Vihan 134)
» Trap Men Junior
Steven Argiro of Australia began the final with a bang, scoring 17 consecutive clay targets to forge into the lead. With Lucas failing to hit the targets, Argiro widened the gap with 12 continuous shots. Argiro entered the final round with a 4-point lead, but he nearly blew it by dropping 3 targets before nailing the final one to take Gold.
Gold - Nathan Steven Argiro (AUS) 42, Silver - Logan Joseph Lucas (USA) 41, Bronze - Lorenzo Ferrari (ITA) 31. 6th Place - Ali Aman Elahi (IND) 10. 9th Place - Vivaan Kapoor (IND) 117, 17th Place - Manavaditya Singh Rathore (IND) 113.
» Trap Men Junior Team
India took the Silver as they were extremely unlucky to have lost the Gold to Australia on countback.
Gold - Australia 348 (Nathan Steven Argiro 119, Mitchell Iles-Crevatin 117, Adam Joshua Bylsma 112)
Silver - India 348 (Ali Aman Elahi 118, Vivaan Kapoor 117, Manavaditya Singh Rathore 113)
Bronze - Italy 346 (Lorenzo Ferrari 118, Matteo Marongiu 116, Teo Petroni 112)
» Trap Women Junior
Manisha Keer of India lost the Gold after missing three shots in the final series and one more in the shoot-off to 19-year-old Erica Sessa of Italy. The latter took the honours after the scores tied at 41. Both shooters equalled the junior world record in the process.
Gold - Erica Sessa (ITA) 41 (EWRJ) (S-Off 1), Silver - Manisha Keer (IND) 41 (EWRJ) (S-Off 0), Bronze - Daria Semianova (RUS) 31. 13th Place - Kirti Gupta (IND) 108, 29th Place - Soumya Gupta (IND) 98.
» Trap Women Junior Team
Italy took the Gold in the Team event with the help of Erica Sessa while India had to be content with a fourth-place finish.
Gold - Italy 352 (WRJ) (Maria Lucia Palmitessa 121, Erica Sessa 117, Sofia Littame 114)
Silver - China 327 (Ting Zhang 115, Yuwei Duan 106, Wendi Gao 106)
Bronze - United States of America 326 (Emma Lee Williams 113, Carey Jeana Garrison 112, Madelynn Ann Bernau 101)
4th Place - India 321 (Manisha Keer, Kirti Gupta 108, Soumya Gupta 98)
» Trap Mixed Team Junior
Sessa and Ferrari took the Gold in the Mixed Junior Trap event, creating a new world record in the process. Italy's Mario and Matteo took the Silver. India's Maneesha and Manavaditya finished a creditable fourth. The Italian pair of Sessa and Ferrari led from the start with 13 consecutive hits on target.
Gold - Italy2 42 (WRJ) (Erica Sessa, Lorenzo Ferrari)
Silver - Italy1 35 (Maria Lucia Palmitessa, MARONGIU Matteo Marongiu)
Bronze - China2 29 (Wendi Gao, Yiliu Ouyang)
4th Place - India2 24 (Manisha Keer, Manavaditya Singh Rathore)
13th Place - India1 127 (Soumya Gupta, Viviaan Kapoor)
» Skeet Men Junior
Elia Sdruccioli claimed the Gold after both his opponents blew critical shots in the final. Gumihal Singh of India led the field after 40 shots, followed by Sdruccioli and Moschetti. The Indian, though, missed his 44th shot to tie with the Italian.
But, Sdruccioli dropped his forty-fifth shot that put Singh back in the lead. Gumihal lost his composure, missing the final shot, to settle for Bronze due to his lower qualification ranking. Moschetti too missed his final target, handing the Gold to the Italian.
Gold - Elia Sdruccioli (ITA) 55, Silver - Nic Moschetti (USA) 54, Bronze - Gumihal Singh Garcha (IND) 46. 7th Place - Ayush Rudraraju (IND) 119+1+1, 13th Place - Anant Jeet Singh Naruka (IND) 117.
» Skeet Men Junior Team
India came up with an impressive performance to win the Silver after dropping the Gold by a whisker. Earlier, Ayush Rudraraju missed a spot in the individual finals via shoot-off.
Gold - Czech Republic 356 (Daniel Korcak 120, Jaroslav Lang 119, Richard Klika 117)
Silver - India 355 (Gumihal Singh Garcha 119, Ayush Rudraraju 119, Anant Jeet Singh Naruka 117)
Bronze - Italy 354 (Elia Sdruccioli 121, Niccolo Sodi 119, Matteo Chiti 114)
» Skeet Women Junior
19-year-old Che Yufei of China shot 53 clay targets to clinch the Gold and created a new Junior World record as well. Her compatriot Song secured the Silver with 51 targets. Simranpreet was the best shooter for India, achieving 17th Place.
Gold - Yufei Che (CHN) 53 (WRJ), Silver - Zhengyi Song (CHN) 51, Bronze - Austen Jewell Smith (USA) 43. 17th Place - Simranpreet Kaur (IND) 107, 18th Place - Parinaaz Dhaliwal (IND) 106, 20th Place - Areeba Khan (IND) 105.
» Skeet Women Junior Team
China took the team Gold with a new world junior record of 349. The United States claimed the Silver, 4 shots adrift of China.
Gold - China 349 (WRJ) (Yufei Che 117, Zhengyi Song 116, Yashu Sun 116)
Silver - United States of America 345 (Samantha Simonton 117, Austen Jewell Smith 115, Katharina Monika Jacob 114)
Bronze - Russia 334 (Elizaveta Evgrafova 114, Zilia Batyrshina 111, Anna Zhadnova 109)
4th Place - India 318 (Simranpreet Kaur 107, Parinaaz Dhaliwal 106, Areeba Khan 105).
