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🟢 ISSF JUNIOR WORLD CUP – INTERNATIONAL

🇩🇪 ISSF Junior World Cup, Suhl (Germany)

  • Shooter Kanak won India’s first gold medal in Women’s 10m Air Pistol, scoring 239 in the final.
  • Kanak was silver medallist at Junior World Championship, Lima (2024).

🟢 INDIA AS HOST NATION (ISSF)

🏟️ International Events Awarded to India

  • ISSF World Cup – 2027 to be hosted by India.
  • ISSF World Junior Championship – 2028 to be hosted by India.
  • Announcement made by NRAI on behalf of ISSF.

🟢 ISSF JUNIOR WORLD CUP 2025 – NEW DELHI

🏅 Overall Performance

  • India finished top of medals table with 26 medals: 8 Gold, 10 Silver, 8 Bronze.
  • Eight countries won medals; five countries won gold – India, AIN, Italy, Croatia, Czechia.

🥇 Gold Medalists

  • Jonathan Gavin Antony – Gold in 10m Air Pistol.
  • Anushka Thokur – Gold in 50m Rifle 3 Positions.
  • Anushka Thokur – Gold in 50m Prone, making it her second gold of the event.

🥈 Silver Medalists

  • Rashmika Sahgal – Silver in Women’s 10m Air Pistol.
  • Adriyan Karmakar – Silver in Men’s 50m Rifle 3 Positions.
  • Tejaswani Singh – Silver in Sports Pistol final (lost 33-30 to Aleksandra Tikhonova).

🟢 ISSF WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP – CAIRO (EGYPT)

🌍 Event Overview

  • Shooting World Championship held in Cairo, Egypt.
  • India finished 3rd on medals table with 3 Gold, 6 Silver, 4 Bronze.
  • India ranked behind China (12G, 7S, 2B).

🥇 World Champions

  • Samrat Rana – Gold in Men’s 10m Air Pistol (final shot 10.6).
  • Ravinder Singh – Gold in Men’s 50m Pistol.
  • Samrat Rana became first senior Indian world champion in an Olympic pistol event.

🥈 Notable Silvers

  • Gurpreet Singh – Silver in 25m Centre Fire Pistol, lost on inner-10s to Pavlo Korostylov (Ukraine).
  • Anish Bhanwala – Silver in 25m Rapid Fire Pistol.
  • Aishwary Pratap Singh Tomar – Silver in 50m Rifle 3 Positions.

🥉 Bronze Medalists

  • Varun Tomar – Bronze in 10m Air Pistol.
  • Elavenil Valarivan – Bronze in 10m Air Rifle.
  • Esha Singh – Bronze in 25m Pistol.

🟢 ISSF WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP 2025 – TEAM EVENTS

🏆 Gold (Team)

  • Samrat Rana, Varun Tomar, Sharvan Kumar – Men’s 10m Air Pistol Team.

🥈 Silver (Team)

  • Ravinder Singh, Kamaljeet, Yogesh Kumar – Men’s 50m Pistol Team.
  • Esha Singh, Manu Bhaker, Suruchi Singh – Women’s 10m Air Pistol Team.
  • Esha Singh & Samrat RanaMixed Team 10m Air Pistol.

🥉 Bronze (Team)

  • Elavenil Valarivan, Meghana Sajjanar, Shreya Agrawal – Women’s 10m Air Rifle Team.

🟢 ISSF WORLD CUP FINAL 2025

📍 Venue & Schedule

  • Season-ender held in Doha, Qatar from December 4–9, 2025.

🥇 Key Results

  • Simranpreet Kaur – Gold; equalled Junior World Record.
  • Aishwary Pratap Singh Tomar – Silver.
  • Anish Bhanwala – Silver.
  • Manu Bhaker – No individual medal.

🟢 ASIAN SHOOTING CHAMPIONSHIPS – INDIA

📍 Asian Championship 2026, New Delhi

  • Arjun & Elavenil Valarivan – Gold in 10m Air Rifle Mixed Team with World Record score 505.
  • Junior Event: Shambhavi Shravan Kshirsagar & Himanshu – Gold with Asian Junior Record 502.4.
  • India won 9 Gold, 4 Silver, 3 Bronze in senior events.

🤰 Historic Feat

  • Meghana Sajjanar, eight months pregnant, won Bronze in Women’s 10m Air Rifle.

🥈 Mixed Team Silver

  • Samrat Rana & Suruchi Singh – Silver in 10m Air Pistol Mixed Team.

📌 Qualification Rule

  • Only one pair per nation allowed in finals (affected Rudrankksh Patil & Meghana Sajjanar).

🟢 UPCOMING EVENTS & HOSTS

🌍 Para Shooting

  • Osijek (Croatia) to host World Shooting Para Sport Championships 2027.
  • First World Championships in Europe since Suhl 2014.

🎯 Olympic Pathway

  • Asian Shooting Championships 2027 (India) to offer Olympic quotas for LA 2028.

📊 MEDAL COUNT TABLES

🏅 ISSF Junior World Cup 2025 – New Delhi

GoldSilverBronzeTotal
810826

🏅 ISSF World Championship 2025 – Cairo

GoldSilverBronzeTotal
36413

🌍 HOSTS & VENUES TABLE

EventYearHost CityCountry
ISSF Junior World Cup2025New DelhiIndia
ISSF World Cup2027India
ISSF World Junior Championship2028India
ISSF World Championship2025CairoEgypt
ISSF World Cup Final2025DohaQatar
World Shooting Para Sport Championship2027OsijekCroatia
Asian Shooting Championship2026New DelhiIndia
Asian Shooting Championship2027India

ISSF Junior World Cup 2025 – Suhl (Germany)

Indian Medal Winners

Athlete(s)EventMedal
Shambhavi Shravan KshirsagarWomen’s 10m Air Rifle🥇 Gold
KanakWomen’s 10m Air Pistol🥇 Gold
TejaswiniWomen’s 25m Pistol🥇 Gold
Adriyan KarmakarMen’s 50m Rifle Prone🥈 Silver
Ojasvi ThakurWomen’s 10m Air Rifle🥈 Silver
Khyaty Chaudhary / Naraen Pranav Vanitha Suresh10m Air Rifle Mixed Team🥈 Silver
Raiza DhillonWomen’s Skeet🥈 Silver
Naraen Pranav Vanitha SureshMen’s 10m Air Rifle🥉 Bronze
Adriyan KarmakarMen’s 50m Rifle 3 Positions🥉 Bronze
Mukesh NelavalliMen’s 25m Rapid Fire Pistol🥉 Bronze
Shambhavi Shravan Kshirsagar / Himanshu10m Air Rifle Mixed Team🥉 Bronze

Medal Winners – Event-wise

AthleteEventMedal
Jonathan Gavin Antony10m Air Pistol (Men)🥇 Gold
Rashmika Sahgal10m Air Pistol (Women)🥈 Silver
Anushka Thokur50m Rifle 3 Positions (Women)🥇 Gold
Anushka Thokur50m Rifle Prone (Women)🥇 Gold
Adriyan Karmakar50m Rifle 3 Positions (Men)🥈 Silver
Tejaswani SinghShooting Event (Junior Category)🥈 Silver

ISSF Junior World Cup 2025 – Season Overview

ComponentDetails
EventISSF Junior World Cup 2025
LegsTwo-city format
1st LegSuhl, Germany
Dates (Suhl)19–27 May 2025
2nd LegNew Delhi, India
Dates (New Delhi)24 September – 2 October 2025
Venue (India)Dr. Karni Singh Shooting Range
DisciplinesRifle, Pistol, Shotgun

ISSF Junior World Cup 2025 – Final Consolidated Table

A. Event Overview (India Leg)

ParticularDetails
EventISSF Junior World Cup 2025
VenueNew Delhi, India
Dates24 September – 2 October 2025
Venue (India)Dr. Karni Singh Shooting Range
India’s Rank🥇 1st (Top of Medals Table)
Total Medals26
Gold8
Silver10
Bronze8
DisciplinesRifle, Pistol, Shotgun
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