ISSF Junior World Championships 2024: Indian Medallists & Medal Tally on October 3

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India stretched their lead at the top of the medal standings in ISSF Junior World Championships 2024 after Kushi secured a hard-fought bronze in the women's 50m rifle 3 positions event.

Kushi dramatically qualified for the final before rallying to claim the third spot. Her medal on Wednesday (October 2) took India's tally to 15, including 10 gold, one silver, and four bronze medals, keeping the country at the top of the standings.

The youngster shot 447.3 in the final to finish behind Caroline Lund of Norway who won silver with 458.3. Caroline's compatriot Synnoeve Berg won gold with 458.4. In the team competition in women's 3P, the trio of Sakshi Padekar, Melvina Joel Gladson and Prachi Gaekwad, finished fifth with a tally of 1757.

Earlier, Divanshi clinched gold in the women's 25-metre pistol event. She also won gold in the team event alongside Tejaswani and Vibhuti Bhatia. This was the third gold for the women's team in Peru.

Kanishka Dagar, Lakshita Lakshita and Anjali Chaudhary had won the yellow-metal in the women's 10m air pistol team event, while Gautami Bhanot, Shambhavi Shravan Kshirsagar and Anushka Thokur won gold in the women's 10m air rifle team event.

The 25-metre pistol event contributed two more gold medals, as Mukesh Nelavalli won the junior men's individual event as well as the team gold along with Suraj Sharma and Padhyumn Singh.

In men's category, Parth Rakesh Mane was crowned junior world champion in the 10m air rifle, leading a dominant performance by India in the discipline. Parth completed a double gold by combining with Ajay Malik and Abhinav Shaw to win the team competition.

The Indian rifle and pistol shooters also won medals in both their respective 10m mixed team competitions. Here is a look at the full list of Indian medal winners in the ISSF Junior World Championships 2024:

Indian medallists in ISSF World Junior Championships 2024

• Parth Rakesh Mane - Gold Medal - Men's 10m Air Rifle Individual
• Ajay Malik, Parth Rakesh Mane & Abhinav Shaw - Gold Medal - Men's 10m Air Rifle Team
• Shourya Saini, Vedant Nitin Waghmare & Parikshit Singh - Gold Medal - Men's 50m Rifle 3 Position Team
• Umesh Choudhary, Mukesh Nelavalli & Parmod Parmod - Gold Medal - Men's 10m Air Pistol Team
• Mukesh Nelavalli - Gold Medal - Men's 25m Pistol Individual
• Mukesh Nelavalli, Suraj Sharma & Pradhyumn Singh - Gold Medal - Men's 25m Pistol Team
• Gautami Bhanot, Shambhavi Shravan Kshirsagar & Anushka Thokur - Gold Medal - Women's 10m Air Rifle Team
• Kanishka Dagar, Lakshita Lakshita & Anjali Chaudhary - Gold Medal - Women's 10m Air Pistol Team
• Divanshi - Gold Medal - Women's 25m Pistol Individual
• Divanshi, Tejaswani & Vibhuti Bhatia - Women's 25m Pistol Team
• Suraj Sharma - Silver Medal - Men's 25m Pistol Individual
• Kanak - Bronze Medal - Women's 10m Air Pistol Individual
• Khushi - Bronze Medal - Women's 50m Rifle 3 Position Individual
• Gautami Bhanot & Ajay Malik - Bronze Medal - Mixed 10m Air Rifle Team
• Lakshita & Parmod - Bronze Medal - Mixed 10m Air Pistol Team

ISSF Junior World Championships 2024 Medal Tally on October 3

India continued to lead the medal table with 15 medals, while USA was second with 10 medals - two gold, four silver and four bronze, ahead of Italy and China, who also had two gold medals each. Here is a look at the medal standings: