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Youth Olympic Games silver

medallist Mehuli Ghosh won the women's junior (under-21) 10m

air rifle gold in the Khelo India Youth Games here on

Saturday.

Ghosh came back from shooting in the Bundesliga in

Germany only a couple of days ago and napped for half an hour

in the gallery before the competition today.

The 18-year-old from West Bengal asserted her class,

shooting scores of 629.4 in the qualification and following it

up with 252.1 that left her biggest challenger Elavenil

Valarivan (Gujarat) in her wake, a media release issued here

said.

Mehuli was consistent throughout, the 103.0 in the

fourth series of 10 shots being her lowest, in qualification.

And in the final, each of her 24 shots fetched her at

least 10.2 points.

"I didn't want to miss the Khelo India experience,"

Mehuli was quoted as saying in the release.

"It is a good platform since only the top 16 shooters

are selected. If the quality of competition is so high in the

junior and youth levels, shooters will get an idea of what to

expect in the senior ranks," she added.

Heena Gohei (Gujarat) and Haryana's Adarsh Singh won

the other gold medals on offer on Saturday, doing well in the

finals of the women's under-17 10m air rifle and mens 25m

rapid fire pistol respectively.

The results(finals):

Men's junior (under-21) 25m rapid fire pistol:1.

Adarsh Singh (Haryana) 30; 2. Ayush Sangwan (Haryana) 25; 3.

Harshawardhan Mahanand Yadav (Maharashtra) 19.

Women's junior (under-21) 10m air rifle: 1.Mehuli

Ghosh (West Bengal) 252.1; 2. Elavenil Valarivan (Gujarat)

248.8; 3. Manini Kaushik (Rajasthan) 227.0.

Women's youth (under-17) 10m air rifle:1. Heena

Jayeshbhai Gohei (Gujarat) 247.5; 2. Jasmeen Kaur (Punjab)

246. 3; Yana Rathore (Madhya Pradesh) 224.1.