India’s Neeru Dhanda and Vivaan Kapoor secured a bronze medal in the trap mixed team event at the ISSF World Cup Shotgun in Almaty, signing off the campaign on a positive note on Sunday.
The podium finish marked the first ISSF World Cup medal for the duo in the Olympic mixed team trap event and India’s second since the discipline was introduced to the Olympic programme last year.
Neeru and Vivaan shot 24 out of 30 targets in the bronze medal match, finishing level with Italy’s Silvana Stanco and Mauro De Filippis. However, the Italian pair claimed silver by virtue of their superior qualification score.
Chinese Taipei’s Kun-Pi Yang and Wan-Yu Liu clinched gold with a world record score of 36 in the final.
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The Indian pair had earlier shot a combined 143 in qualification, finishing second and just two points behind the Italian duo. Both Neeru and Vivaan delivered perfect third rounds of 25 to secure their place in the medal round, with Vivaan missing just two targets across three rounds.
In the final, Chinese Taipei took an early lead with a flawless start. Neeru missed one of her initial targets, but Vivaan maintained consistency to keep India in contention. Italy edged ahead in the race for silver after a strong middle phase, while the Indians held on for bronze.
Teammates Ahvar Rizvi and Pragati Dubey finished 23rd among 31 teams with a score of 130 in qualification.
The bronze medal ensured India concluded its campaign with a podium finish in Almaty, underlining steady progress in the mixed team trap discipline.
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