Stage is set for ISSF Junior WC

<p>Suhl [Germany], June 21 (ANI): The International Shooting Sports Federation (ISSF) World Cup is all set to kick-start from June 22 in Suhl, Germany.</p><p>The Gun For Glory (GFG) team from India has departed to Germany after getting some good competition practice at the 18th KSS Memorial Shooting Championship.</p><p>Five Indian shooters from the GFG shooting academy will look to continue their momentous run at the blue-riband event.</p><p>The talented youngsters who have tuned themselves up for the event after rigorous regimes at their respective GFG academies will look to leave their mark at the event.</p><p>While Pruthiviraj Avachi will participate in the 50m rifle prone junior men event, Elavenil Valarivan and Shreya Agrawal will compete in the 10m rifle individual and team event.</p><p>Jabalpur's Mahima Agrawal will look to leave a solid impression in the 10m pistol junior women category (Individual).</p><p>The lone shooter in the 50m pistol category from GFG is Anushka Patil who will make her debut appearance in the shooting affair.</p><p>Elavenil, who had set an unprecedented score of 631.4 to etch her name in the history books, will look to carry forward her red-hot form from the currently ongoing KSS Memorial Championship and prove her mettle when she features in Germany for the second time at the ISSF Junior World Cup.</p><p>Even though she set a yardstick in her last outing, the lass from Gujarat seemed confident and said, "I am not feeling any pressure and I'm looking forward to the Junior World Cup and hopefully I can clinch more medals for my country."</p><p>The ISSF World Cup in Germany will be an eight-day affair concluding on June 29. (ANI)</p><br/><center><em><p>This story has not been edited. It has been published as provided by ANI</p></em></center>

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