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Detailed explanation-1: -The four medals swelled India’s tally to 20 medals including nine gold, three silver and eight bronze medals.

Detailed explanation-2: -ISSF Rifle/Pistol World Championship 2022: India finish with 34 medals - list of all medallists. With 12 golds, nine silvers and 13 bronze, India finished second on the medals table behind China at the Cairo meet. Junior shooters won 25 of these medals.

Detailed explanation-3: -Young Indian shooter Arjun Babuta won gold in men’s 10m air rifle event to clinch the India’s first medal at the ongoing ISSF World Cup in Changwon on Monday. In the gold medal clash, Babuta beat Tokyo Olympics silver medallist Lucas Kozeniesky of USA with a lopsided 17-9 margin.

Detailed explanation-4: -India’s junior women’s 10m air pistol team comprising Esha Singh, Shikha Narwal and Varsha Singh won Gold medal at the ISSF Rifle/Pistol World Championship 2022 in Cairo, Egypt yesterday.