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Youth Olympics: Manu Wins Second Medal, Silver in Mixed Shooting

In a unique format, Manu combined with Tajikistan’s Behzan Fayzullaev in the 10m air pistol mixed international.

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Young shooting sensation Manu Bhaker became the second Indian after Judoka Tababi Devi to win two medals at the Youth Olympic Games after winning a silver in Buenos Aires on Friday.

In a unique format, Manu combined with Tajikistan's Behzan Fayzullaev in the 10m air pistol mixed international and settled for a silver after losing the gold medal match 3-10 to Germany's Vanessa Seeger and Bulgaria's Kiril Kirov.

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The India-Tajik pair had on Thursday come through qualification with a score of 751. They then beat an Egyptian-Thai pair 10-4 in the round of 16 at the Parque Polideportivo Roca shooting range in the Argentine capital.

They beat a pair from Lithuania and Moldova 10-8 in the quarterfinals and then overcame Andria Ibarra of Mexico and Dymtro Honta of Ukraine 10-3 in the semi-finals.

The German-Bulgarian pair however started strong in the finals and was 3-0 ahead at one stage before winning 10-3 to emerge champions.

According to the format, the gold medal winner of the individual event is paired with the athlete who finished 20th in the final.

India thus wrapped up their shooting campaign with two gold and three silver medals.

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