Maddineni Uma Mahesh, a student pursuing first year of Engineering course in KL deemed to be University, has qualified for World Junior Cup (Rifle/Pistol), scheduled to be organised from May 8 to 20 in Germany by the International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF).
At a press conference, KLU Vice-Chancellor Saradhy Varma said it was a matter of immense pride that a student of their institution was representing the country in the 10-metres air rifle category. Of the 780 candidates who participated in the qualifying event for the world cup, Umashankar scored 628 points and bagged a bronze medal in the juniors’ segment, he informed.
