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International Shooting Sport Federation: Khushi won bronze in the women's 50m rifle 3 positions (3P) in the on-going International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF) Junior World Championship Rifle/Pistol/Shotgun in Lima, Peru, taking India’s medal tally to 15, which now includes 10 gold, one silver, and four bronze medals, as they continued to stay on top of the standings.

The youngster shot 447.3 in the final to finish behind Caroline Lund of Norway, who won silver with 458.3. Caroline’s compatriot Synnoeve Berg won gold with 458.4.

Khushi was placed seventh in the qualification with a score of 585 to seal the spot in the final. It got so tight that there were four others on the same score, however, Khushi and Italian Anna Schiavon clinched the final two qualifying spots, on the basis 29 shots in the inner 10-ring while two Swiss athletes, Alexa Tela and Emely Jaeggi managed 27. Khushi finished ahead of Anna on countback.