The first batch of 40 Indian shooters and support staff will embark on the blue-riband event of the junior international shooting sport calendar, the International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF) Junior World Cup (Rifle/Pistol/Shotgun) in Suhl, Germany, on Saturday.
For India, Annu (11’), Ropni Kumari (14’), and Mumtaz Khan (24’) were the goalscorers, while Sophia Schwabe (17’), Laura Pluth (21’, 36’), and Carolin Seidel's (38’) netted goals for Germany.
Valarivan and Mehuli, along with Shreya Agrawal who shot 625.4, clinched the team gold with a junior world record score of 1883.3, as India finished on top of the medals tally with six gold, six silver and two bronze medals.
With 45 days to go for the Hero Asia Cup, Indian men's hockey team will be back to the grind at SAI, Bengaluru.
