{"id":3834,"date":"2019-07-17T10:24:17","date_gmt":"2019-07-17T10:24:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/?p=3834"},"modified":"2019-07-17T10:24:19","modified_gmt":"2019-07-17T10:24:19","slug":"vijayveer-wins-gold-at-junior-shooting-world-cup-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/vijayveer-wins-gold-at-junior-shooting-world-cup-2019\/","title":{"rendered":"Vijayveer wins gold at Junior Shooting World Cup 2019"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Vijayveer wins gold at Junior Shooting World Cup 2019 in Suhl, Germany, combining with Rajkanwar Singh Sandhu and Adarsh Singh to clinch the men\u2019s 25m pistol event on 16 July. Sidhu picked up his third gold medal of the ongoing ISSF Junior World Cup.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/current-affairs-quiz-2019-daily-gk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2019<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For Singh, it was his second gold of the competition. India\nmaintained its top spot at the medal standings after day three with seven gold\nin a total of 16 medals won so far.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The day\u2019s second medal came in the men\u2019s 10m Air Rifle with\nthe trio of Hriday Hazarika, Yash Vardhan and Paarth Makhija winning the team\nsilver with a combined score of 1877.4, which was just 0.4 less than the gold\nwinning Chinese team\u2019s score. China also equalled the junior world record in\nthe process.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Junior world champion Hazarika, however, endured heartbreak in the 10m air rifle individual competition. He was leading till the 18th shot of the 24-shot final, but an effort of 9.6 in his 19th shot saw him slide down to fourth, which is where he eventually finished on a score of 207.3. Russian Grigoril Shamakov won gold with a score of 250.0.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>About ISSF Junior World Cup<\/strong><br>It is introduced by the International Shooting Sport Federation in 1986\u00a0<br>The main aim is to provide a homogeneous system for qualification to the Olympic shooting competitions.\u00a0<br>The Olympic shooting events with four competitions per year in each event.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Vijayveer wins gold at Junior Shooting World Cup 2019 in Suhl, Germany, combining with Rajkanwar Singh Sandhu and Adarsh Singh to clinch the men\u2019s 25m pistol event on 16 July. Sidhu picked up his third gold medal of the ongoing ISSF Junior World Cup. 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