Changwon: Udhayveer Sidhu, all of 16, shone bright with an individual gold in the junior men’s 25m pistol event after spearheading India to the team gold in the World Shooting Championships here Thursday.
Udhayveer shot a score of 587 points (291 in precision and 296 in rapid) in the individual competition to grab gold ahead of American Henry Leverett (584) and Korean Lee Jaekyoon (582).
Compatriot Vijayveer Sidhu finished fourth with a score of 581, while Rajkanwar Singh Sandhu took the 20th spot with a score of 568. The trio’s combined score of 1,736 points fetched the team gold for India followed by China who ended on 1,730. The bronze medal went to Korea, who scored 1721.
In the senior competition, Sheeraz Sheikh was the best-placed Indian at eighth after day one of the men’s skeet qualification with a score of 49. Angad Vir Singh was 69th after shooting 47, while Mairaj Ahmed (41) was further down at 79th. The Indian team comprising the trio, were 16th in the overall standings with a score of 137.
There were no medals for India in the 25m centre fire pistol event with Gurpreet Singh managing the 10th spot with a score of 581, followed by London Olympics silver medallist Vijay Kumar on 24th and CWG gold medallist Anish Bhanwala on 25th.
