New Delhi, Oct 1 (NationPress) India concluded a remarkable week at the ISSF Junior World Cup Rifle/Pistol/Shotgun 2025 held in New Delhi, securing the top position on the medals table. On the final day of the competition at Dr. Karni Singh Shooting Range, Tejaswani Singh earned a silver medal in the junior women’s 25m pistol event. Notably, she previously clinched gold at the Suhl junior world cup.

The gold in the junior women’s 25m pistol was claimed by Individual Neutral Athlete Aleksandra Tikhonova, while Czechia’s Tereza Zaviskova and Tomas Nantl triumphed in the Trap mixed team junior gold, narrowly defeating compatriots Lea Kucerova and Kamil Bednar.

Tikhonova showcased consistent performance throughout the final, achieving a score of 33 to secure gold. Tejaswani, who had previously excelled during qualification with a score of 580-17x, concluded with silver at 30, while Italian shooter Alessandra Fait finished third with 28.

Among other Indian finalists, Naamya Kapoor finished fourth with 21, and Riya Shirish Thatte took fifth place with 16. Individual Neutral Athlete Iuliia Tretiakova was sixth with 9, while her teammate Viktoriia Kholodnaia placed seventh with 4. The USA’s Mehr Chanda completed the final in eighth with just 1 hit.

The Trap mixed team final witnessed a fierce competition between Czech teams, with Zaviskova and Nantl narrowly surpassing Kucerova and Bednar with a score of 39–38.

Spain's Irene Del Rey Ruiz and Isaac Hernandez defeated Italy’s Sofia Gori and Luca Gerri 7–6 in a shoot-off to claim the bronze after a tied score of 40–40 in the bronze medal match. Meanwhile, India’s Addya Katyal and Arjun missed out on the bronze medal match by just one hit, finishing fifth with 136, while Bhavya Tripathi and Arya Vansh Tyagi were tenth with 132.

In the junior men’s 25m pistol individual event, which is not an Olympic category, India’s junior world champion Mukesh Nellavalli improved on his precision stage score of 289-9x from the previous day, achieving a remarkable 296-14x in rapid fire, totaling 585-23x to win gold.

AIN’s Aleksandr Kovalev, who had already won the 25m rapid-fire pistol earlier in the competition, took home silver with a score of 577-17x, while Sahil Choudhary secured bronze for India with a score of 573-21x.

Ultimately, India finished at the top of the medals table with a total of 19 medals in Olympic events, which included 6 gold, 8 silver, and 5 bronze medals. AIN came in second with 10 medals (4 gold, 2 silver, 4 bronze), while Italy placed third with 5 medals (2 gold, 2 silver, 1 bronze). Additionally, India claimed 2 gold, 2 silver, and 3 bronze medals in non-Olympic events, including the 50m rifle prone (men and women) and 25m pistol men junior individual.

Across the seven days of competition, a total of eight countries earned medals, with five nations—India, AIN, Italy, Croatia, and Czechia—securing gold.

This 11th edition of the ISSF Junior World Cup was historical as it was the first time hosted in India, featuring 208 shooters from 19 federations competing in 15 Olympic events and three non-Olympic events.

Other Indian participants included:

25m Pistol Women Junior Qualification

Divanshi - 568-15x (6th)

Payal Kuldeep Khatri - 564-13x (8th)

25m Pistol Men Junior Individual

Sameer Gulia - 573-19x (4th)

Somil Chaudhary - 572-15x (5th)

Raghav Verma - 572-13x (7th)