Kamaljeet bagged two golds in Junior Shooting World Championships 2023: Indian player Kamaljeet won two gold medals in the 50-meter free pistol event in the Junior World Championship 2023 in Changwon, Korea. The junior shooting world championships, in its third edition, saw 90 Indian shooters vie for medals in pistol, rifle and shotgun competitions in the under-21 age category. In this championship, India was second on the medals table with six gold, six silver, and five bronze medals.
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China stayed on top with 12 gold, nine silver, and seven bronze medals. In the women’s free pistol, Tiyana Phogat won the silver, one point behind Khanna Aliyeva of Azerbaijan.
Abhinav Shaw (10m air rifle men’s and mixed team) and Kamaljeet (50m pistol men and men’s team) won two golds each. Sainyam won three medals — gold in 10m air pistol women, and a bronze each in the 10m air pistol mixed team and women’s team events.
India, with 43 medals including 17 golds, had topped the medals tally at the last junior world championships held in Lima, Peru, two years back.