An exciting final match characterized the 10m Air Pistol Women Junior event in Sydney. Where India’s Manu Bhaker prevailed over Thailand’s Kanyakorn Hirunphoem at the very last shot, securing India’s second individual gold at the ISSF Junior World Cup. The 16-year-old shooter overtook Hirunphoem at the very last shot, adding the Junior World Cup gold medal to the one she won earlier this month at the ISSF World Cup in Guadalajara.

Manu Bhaker, who won individual and mixed team gold in Air Pistol at this month’s ISSF World Cup in Guadalajara (MEX) —finished with the score of 235.9 points, while Hirunphoem, who previously wrote a new Qualification World Record with 576 points took silver with 234.9. The podium was then completed by People’s Republic of China’s Lu Kaiman, 41st at last year’s ISSF Junior World Championship in Suhl (GER) and marking her first Junior World Cup participation. In Sydney, the 18-year-old won her country’s seventh individual medal, taking bronze with 214.2 points. Placing just outside of the podium, Bhaker’s teammate Devanshi Rana missed to put a medal on top of her first international competition.

 The 18-year-old debutant, indeed, took 4th place with 195.3 points.After leading the match by as much as 2.2 points, indeed, Bhaker fired six consecutive shots outside the 10th ring, suddenly finding herself one point behind Hirunphoem with only two shots left to fire. There, the 9.6-9.8 combo signed by the Indian 16-year-old was enough to definitely overtake her rival, who instead sealed her match with a disappointing 7.9.