India Dominates ISSF Junior World Championship in Lima, Securing Five Medals On Final Day

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The junior Indian shooting team secured five additional medals, including a gold, on the final day of the ISSF Junior World Championship Rifle/Pistol/Shotgun in Lima, Peru.

This impressive performance helped them comfortably finish at the top of the medal table with a total of 13 gold, three silver, and eight bronze medals. Italy took second place with five golds, four silvers, and four bronzes, while Norway came third with four golds and a total of 10 medals.

India secured a gold medal on Sunday, October 6, in the junior men's 50m pistol team event. Deepak Dalal (545), Kamaljeet (543), and Raj Chandra (528) combined for a total score of 1616, narrowly edging out Azerbaijan by one point, with Armenia finishing third.

In the individual event, Mukesh Nelavalli claimed a bronze, his sixth medal of the competition, with a 60-shot total of 548. Azerbaijan's Imran Garayev took the gold, shooting 552.

In the junior women's 50m pistol event, Parisha Gupta secured an individual silver with a score of 540. She narrowly missed surpassing Hungary's Miriam Jako, who set a junior world record with 546.

Sejal Kamble (529), Ketan (525), and Kanishka Dagar (513) teamed up to win silver for India in the team event, finishing behind Azerbaijan. Divanshi, the fifth Indian competitor, shot 523 and placed eighth.

In another event on the final day, Shardul Vihan and Sabeera Harris earned a bronze for India in the junior mixed team trap, with Shardul shooting 71 and Sabeera 67 for a combined score of 138. They finished behind the Czech Republic (141+8) and Italy (141+7).

Zuhair Khan and Bhavya Tripathi, the second Indian pair in the event, finished joint sixth with a combined score of 134.

The ISSF now heads to New Delhi for the final stop of its 2024 calendar-the prestigious season-ending ISSF World Cup Final Rifle/Pistol/Shotgun, New Delhi 2024.