Indian sports news wrap, July 21

Get all the foremost updates, scores and outcomes from Indian sports activities on Friday, July 21.

SHOOTING

India wins crew silver at Junior World Championship

The Indian shooters didn’t get among the many particular person medals in speedy fireplace pistol, however mixed to bag the crew silver behind China within the Junior World Championship in Changwon, Korea, on Friday.

With six Chinese among the many first seven, Mahesh Pasupathy did get an opportunity to make the person closing with a rating of 578, however positioned sixth finally.

The Chinese asserted with the indivdual and crew gold. They beat India by 17 factors for the gold. It was a very good job by Mahesh Pasupathy, Sameer Ghulia and Rakanwar Singh Sandhu to win the silver, 11 factors forward of France.

In lure, Shapath Bharadwaj had shot 47 after two rounds, and was one level behind the leaders. Shardul Vihan, Jaswinder Singh (45), Arya Tyagi, Bakhtyaruddin Malek (44) have been additionally in good place with three extra rounds to go earlier than the ultimate for the highest six.

In ladies’s lure, Preeti Rajak and Aashima Ahlawat had shot 44, and have been two factors behind the chief Ilia Naz Uzun of Turkey. Sabeera Haris and Aadya Tripathi have been additionally shut by, on 43.

China saved climbing on high of the desk with seven gold, eight silver and 4 bronze medals. India was within the second spot with 4 gold, 4 silver and three bronze.

France, Italy, Norway, Switzerland, Slovakia, Korea, USA, Kazakhstan, Poland have been the opposite groups that had gained at the very least one gold medal.

– Kamesh Srinivasan

TENNIS

Nagal enters semifinals at Tampere Challenger

Sumit Nagal was in high-quality type and beat Aziz Dougaz of Tunisia 6-3, 6-3 within the quarterfinals of the €73,000 Challenger tennis event in Tampere, Finland on Friday.

In the ATP Tour occasion in Newport, USA, two Indian pairs marched into the doubles semifinals.

In the $25,000 ITF ladies’s occasion in Roehampton, Britain, Rutuja Bhosale gained the doubles title with Sarah Beth Grey of Britain.

– Kamesh Srinivasan

Rian Sharma enters under-18 boys closing

Rian Sharma beat high seed Tanishq Jadhav 3-6, 6-1, 6-2 within the under-18 boys semifinals of the AITA National collection junior tennis event on the Joygaon Academy on Friday.

In the ultimate, Rian will play Manish Yadav, who put out the second seed Jason David for the lack of three video games.

The ladies closing will probably be between high seed Sohini Mohanty and Riya Sachdeva.

– Kamesh Srinivasan

GOLF

Aditi, Pajaree make reduce in Great Lakes Invitational

Aditi Ashok and her enjoying accomplice Pajaree Anannarukarn, who got here near successful the Great Lakes Bay Invitational a few seasons again, hung in and made the reduce this week at LPGA’s solely crew occasion.

Aditi and Pajaree, who collectively carded 70-66, are actually in tied-Twenty ninth place as the highest 34 groups and ties made the reduce.

Aditi has been having a high-quality season on the LPGA, the place she was a runner-up as soon as, and likewise on the LET, the place she gained as soon as. After the Great Lakes Invitational, Aditi will journey throughout the Atlantic and play within the Majors at Evian Championship and the Women’s Open.

The groups will play alternate shot on Friday and better-ball Saturday, with most of the gamers then travelling to France for the Evian Championship subsequent week.

– PTI

Diksha lies tenth as Wolf leads in Spain

Diksha Dagar continued her high-quality run this season with a surprising birdie-birdie end that noticed her card 2-under 70 on the La Sella Open in Spain. The Indian golfer was tied tenth.

Though many gamers have been but to complete, Diksha, winner of the Czech girls Open this season, did nicely to remain in reckoning.

Diksha was three pictures behind the only real chief, Christine Wolf of Austria, and two others, together with Nuria Iturrioz, have been at 4-under 68.

Five gamers had completed at 3-under 69, as storms and inclement climate meant a number of gamers might want to come the following day to complete the spherical.

Among different Indians, Amandeep Drall (73) was T-64, Vani Kapoor and Ridhima Dilawari with 74 every have been T-83.

Diksha, who’s having an ideal season with one win and three different Top-10 finishes, is presently fifth on the Race to Costa Del Sol and resulting from play two Majors within the subsequent few weeks.

Diksha had an early bogey on third, however made amends with a birdie on Par-4 eighth and added a birdie on twelfth, solely to offer that away on the following gap. She made some regular pars and closed with birdies on seventeenth and 18th.

Wolf, whose sole win on the Ladies European Tour got here in Diksha’s residence nation on the 2019 Women’s Indian Open, shot a bogey free spherical with birdies on second, fourth and three extra within the final 4 holes for an outstanding 67.

Wolf birdied second, fourth, 14th, seventeenth and 18th.

With play twice coming to a halt throughout her spherical, the Austrian saved her composure to roll in 5 birdies both aspect of the stoppages and publish the quantity which gave her the lead.

-PTI

World Dwarf Games

Kerala girl to compete in a number of occasions in World Dwarf Games

Thirty nine-year-old Sinimol Ok Sebastian who hails from the hilly district of Idukki in Kerala is all set to symbolize India and compete within the prestigious World Dwarf Games 2023 commencing in Germany subsequent week.

Sinimol will probably be competing in a number of swimming occasions together with breaststroke and freestyle, in addition to shot put, javelin throw, discus throw and boccia.

The Games will probably be held on the Deutsche Sporthochschule (German Sports University) in Cologne, Germany, from July 28 to August 5, 2023. Around 18 athletes from numerous states throughout India will probably be collaborating on the earth occasion.

The World Dwarf Games are the most important worldwide sporting occasion held completely for athletes with dwarfism.

Sinimol, who gained a silver medal within the National Para Swimming Championship 2022, has mentioned that collaborating within the occasion itself is an honour and that she is glad to symbolize the nation.

“I am determined to give it my best and make India proud,” she mentioned.

Muthoot Finance, a Kerala-based gold mortgage main, has prolonged assist to Sinimol to embark on her journey and is bearing her tour bills.

George M George, the Deputy Managing Director of Muthoot Finance, mentioned in a launch that in current occasions, sports activities has emerged as an important ingredient in a nation’s socioeconomic progress, and he hoped that Sinimol will be capable to “bring glory to our country’s name”.

Sinimol is ready to fly to Germany on July 26.

– PTI