Indian shooters Anish Bhanwala, Adarsh SIngh and Vijayveer Sidhu combined to win the gold medal in the 25m rapid fire pistol team event as the nation ended the ISSF Junior World Championship on top of the standings.
Sekhon, who picked up her first senior ISSF World Cup stage medals in New Delhi earlier this year, went down in a shoot-off to American Alisha Fayth Layne.
In the air pistol final, the pair of Manu Bhaker and Saurabh Chaudhary prevailed over Yashaswini Singh Deswal and Abhishek Verma 17-15 in a nerve-wracking contest.
The 17-year-old claimed the top honours after prevailing in a shoot-off at the prestigious International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF) tournament.
PM Modi congratulated the Indian shooters, who won medals at the recently concluded ISSF Junior World Cup in Sydney.
Mentioning the names of the individual shooters who performed well at the International Shooting Sport Federation Junior World Cup (ISSF JWC), the prime minister said their performance has brought smiles to the faces of 125 crore Indians.
With a team gold won by Muskan, Manu Bhaker and Devanshi Rana, India upstaged China with 22 medals, including nine gold medals compared to China's eight.
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