By Admin 
Vinay Pratap Chandrawat fought his way to the trap bronze, even as the Indian mixed air rifle teams clinched the gold and silver, in the Junior World Cup at Tughlakabad on Tuesday.
The 20-year-old Vinay first topped the shoot-off when five competed for the last three spots in the final, on being tied at 118 in qualification. In fact, Vinay shot a perfect fifth round of 25 to stay in the reckoning for the final.
After having missed four of the first 15 in the final, Vinay was at his best, as he missed only two hits over the next 25 birds to secure the bronze ahead of compatriot Arjun.
Toni Gudelj of Croatia beat Isaac Hernandez of Spain 44-41 for the gold.
In women’s trap, Sabeera Haris shot 112 and lost the shoot-off for the last berth in the final to Lucy Myers of USA.
In mixed air rifle, Isha Taksale and Himanshu pipped qualification toppers Shambhavi Kshirsagar and Naraen Pranav by 0.2 point for the gold, after the two teams were tied at 15-15.
It was the second gold for Himanshu as he had won the individual air rifle event on Monday.
India was on top of the medals table with seven gold, nine silver and seven bronze. Individual Neutral Athletes (AIN) was second with four gold, two silver and four bronze. Italy was third with two gold and two silver, while Croatia and Czechia were joint fourth with a gold medal each. The World Cup will conclude with the junior women’s sports pistol and mixed trap events on Wednesday.
The results: Air rifle: Mixed team: 1. India-2 (Isha Taksale, Himanshu) 17 (632.6); 2. India (Shambhavi Kshirsagar, Naraen Pranav) 15 (634.3); 3. AIN-2 (Varvara Kardakova, Kamil Nuriakhmetov) 17 (625.3); 4. AIN (Mariia Kruglova, Timofei Alinikov) 9 (624.9).
Trap: Junior men: 1. Toni Gudelj (Cro) 44 (120); 2. Isaac Hernandez (Esp) 41 (120); 3. Vinay Pratap Chandrawat 34 (118); 4. Arjun 29 (118); 13. Arya Vansh Tyagi 116; 17. Udhav Rathore 115; 30. Aman Chauhan 109.
Junior women: 1. Lea Kucerova (Cze) 41 (112); 2. Sofia Gori (Ita) 37 (117); 3. Kseniia Samofalova (AIN) 30 (117); 7. Sabeera Haris 112; 8. Tanisska Kumar 111; 9. Addya Katyal 111; 15. Shreshtha Sisodiya 106; 17. Bhavya Tripathi 104.