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Nationality | Indian | ||||||||||||||||||||
Born | New Delhi, India | 12 July 1994||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Shooting | ||||||||||||||||||||
Event | Skeet shooting | ||||||||||||||||||||
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At the 2021 ISSF World Cup event in Cairo, Khangura won the bronze medal in the Men's Skeet Team Event with teammates Mairaj Ahmad Khan and Angad Vir Singh Bajwa. [2] In New Delhi, at the ISSF Shooting World Cup 2021, Khangura won the gold medal in the Men's Skeet Team Event, once again shooting with teammates Khan and Bajwa. [3] [4]
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