Iran’s junior mixed shooting pair grabbed the first silver medal in the history of the mixed shooting team at the 52nd International Shooting Sport Federation World Championships in Changwon, South Korea, on Wednesday.
Armina Sadeghian and Amir-Mohammad Nekounam scored 497.7 points in the finals of the 10m air rifle mixed team to grab the silver after the champion Italy, according to the results on the official website of the games.
Sofia Benetti and Marco Suppini of Italy won gold with 499 points and set a new juniors world record. Sherya Agarwal and Singh Divyansh Panwar from India finished third.
The 52nd ISSF World Championship in all events started in Changwon on August 31 and will run through September 15.
The world championship program includes 18 men’s and 11 women’s individual and team events, as well as 15 men’s junior events and 9 women’s junior events. In addition, there are three mixed team events for seniors and three for junior athletes.
The competition also works as the qualifier for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Teams finishing first and second in the 10m air rifle mixed team and 10m air pistol mixed team events will qualify for Olympic quotas. Quotas will be awarded to the teams’ National Olympic Committees and the athletes who earn them will also be eligible to earn quotas in Olympic individual events according to the IOC-approved Olympic qualification regulations for shooting.
