ISSF Junior World Cup: Clean sweep for India in women’s air rifle

New Delhi: India produced a stunning display of dominance in the 10m air rifle junior women’s event at the ISSF Junior World Cup New Delhi 2025, at Dr. Karni Singh Shooting Range here on Monday, registering a clean sweep of the podium.

Ojasvi Thakur emerged as the champion with a score of 252.7, firing two brilliant 10.9s on her 8th and 16th shots to seal the gold medal. Teammate Hrudya Shri Kondur secured the silver with 250.2, while qualification leader Shambhavi S. Kshirsagar completed the all-India podium with 229.4.

The Indian trio had already stamped their authority in qualification, finishing as the top three with Shambhavi leading on 632.0, Ojasvi following with 631.9, and Hrudya third on 629.8. Croatia’s Anamarija Turk, who had qualified eighth, was the closest challenger but placed fourth in the final with 206.6.

The rest of the finalists included Individual Neutral Athletes Lidiia Vasileva (184.5), Varvara Kardakova (164.2), and Mariia Kruglova (142.8), as well as Slovakia’s Kamila Novotna (122.1).

In the men’s 10m air rifle junior final, India’s Himanshu, who had topped qualification with 633.7, kept his form intact to clinch gold with a superb 250.9. Individual Neutral Athlete Dmitrii Pimenov followed with 249.9 for silver, while India’s Abhinav Shaw claimed bronze with 228.4.

Fellow Indian Naraen Pranav Vanitha Suresh finished fifth on 187.0. AIN’s Kamil Nuriakhmetov placed fourth with 208.3, while his teammate Sergei Novoselov took sixth on 165.9. Croatia’s Darko Tomasevic (144.8) and Oman’s Khalid Mohammed Ali Khalaf Al Kalbani (123.5) rounded off the line-up.AIN’s Georgii Tarasov (7) closed the field.

The 25m rapid fire pistol men junior final produced a thrilling finish as individual athlete Aleksandr Kovalev of AIN edged past India’s Mukesh Nelavalli in a shoot-off to claim the gold medal. IANS

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