Gold Standard: Shooting gives another champion in Saurabh, paddler's stunning run ends in semifinals

Shooting gave India another champion in Saurabh Chaudhary, as the baby-faced marksman bossed around to claim the 10m air pistol gold at the Youth Olympics, while Archana Kamath's stunning run in table tennis ended in the semifinals here Wednesday.

The 16-year-old Chaudhary dominated the final, shooting 244.2 to finish on top of the podium ahead of South Korea's Sung Yunho (236.7). Switzerland's Solari Jason bagged the bronze with 215.6.

The Indian had a staggering 18 scores of 10 and above in the eight-man finals.

Around the time the Chaudhary was calling the shots at the at the Parque Polideportivo Roca shooting range, Kamath's run in the table tennis competition was coming to an end. She lost in the semifinals 1-4 after valiantly trying to unravel the second seed from China, Yingsha Sun, in a tense encounter.

Archana still remained in the running for the bronze medal though, as she was to take on Romania's Andreea Dragoman later in the evening.

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