pune after topping the qualification round with a score of 588 a silver medal at the end must have been heartbreaking for sagar dangi however the junior mens 10m air pistol medal will still be special as dangi knows how fate played a role for his sojourn to world junior shooting championship in cairo on fridaysagar lost to chinas jinkang gao 1216 in the title clash while the bronze went to varun tomarsagar who is ranked sixth in the india juniors rankings could have participated in the world championship at his own cost as only the topthree go on the governments cost but that was out of question considering his humble backgroundhowever since indias topthree junior shooters shiva narwal naveen and vijayveer sidhu also happen to be the best among seniors they were fielder in the higher section thus paving the way for sagars entry through the official channelsagars coach vipin dangi told toi he couldnt have gone there on his own he is a farmer and shoots with a secondhand pistol sagar 20 hails from khedahatana village of uttar pradesh only a few kilometers away from kalina where another shooter saurabh chaudhary resides sagars score on friday is also not far from saurabhs 589 also scored by shivasagars father has a small sugarcane farm and the young shooter has to work in the field even when he is training for big matches before the trials a few months ago he was working in the farm and lifting bunches of sugarcane on his shoulder i had to ask his father to not take him for the field work as he could injure himself just a day before the trials the coach saidsagar however has to work to support his family and shooting as he cant even pay the coaching feei dont take any money from him the coach saidanjum misses quotain the womens 50m rifle 3position final tokyo olympics participant anjum moudgil missed the 2024 paris olympics quota by 14 pointsanjum qualified for the ranking round after shooting 587 but got eliminated at sixth position in the rankings round after shooting 3553 there were eight shooters from seven countries two from norway fighting for four quota places since norways jenny stene finished second and jeanette duestad finished third fifthplaced eunseo lee of korea got the fourth quota who was just 14 points ahead of anjum when they both got eliminated