ISSF World Championships 2018 Recap: Ankur Mittal strikes gold for India in Double Trap 

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Erica Sessa
Erica Sessa claims Gold in Trap Women Junior (Image Courtesy: Il Tiro)

Manisha Keer of India lost the Gold after missing three shots in the final series and one more in the shoot-off to 19-year-old Erica Sessa of Italy. The latter took the honours after the scores tied at 41. Both shooters equalled the junior world record in the process.

Gold - Erica Sessa (ITA) 41 (EWRJ) (S-Off 1), Silver - Manisha Keer (IND) 41 (EWRJ) (S-Off 0), Bronze - Daria Semianova (RUS) 31. 13th Place - Kirti Gupta (IND) 108, 29th Place - Soumya Gupta (IND) 98.

» Trap Women Junior Team

Italy took the Gold in the Team event with the help of Erica Sessa while India had to be content with a fourth-place finish.

Gold - Italy 352 (WRJ) (Maria Lucia Palmitessa 121, Erica Sessa 117, Sofia Littame 114)

Silver - China 327 (Ting Zhang 115, Yuwei Duan 106, Wendi Gao 106)

Bronze - United States of America 326 (Emma Lee Williams 113, Carey Jeana Garrison 112, Madelynn Ann Bernau 101)

4th Place - India 321 (Manisha Keer, Kirti Gupta 108, Soumya Gupta 98)

» Trap Mixed Team Junior

Sessa and Ferrari took the Gold in the Mixed Junior Trap event, creating a new world record in the process. Italy's Mario and Matteo took the Silver. India's Maneesha and Manavaditya finished a creditable fourth. The Italian pair of Sessa and Ferrari led from the start with 13 consecutive hits on target.

Gold - Italy2 42 (WRJ) (Erica Sessa, Lorenzo Ferrari)

Silver - Italy1 35 (Maria Lucia Palmitessa, MARONGIU Matteo Marongiu)

Bronze - China2 29 (Wendi Gao, Yiliu Ouyang)

4th Place - India2 24 (Manisha Keer, Manavaditya Singh Rathore)

13th Place - India1 127 (Soumya Gupta, Viviaan Kapoor)

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