Competing in a structured team format, comprising two 10m Air Rifle shooters, two 10m Air Pistol shooters, three 25m Pistol shooters, two Trap shooters, one Skeet shooter and one 50m Prone shooter per side, the league combined individual excellence with tactical depth, according to a release
The mixed team pairs of Mukesh Nelavalli and Vanshika Chaudhary and Girish Gupta and Shiksha Saran secured gold in the 10m Air Pistol junior and youth mixed team events, respectively, to start off India's medal haul earlier in the day.
India's Samrat Singh and Suruchi Singh won the silver medal in the Asian Shooting Championships 2026 10m air pistol mixed team event held in New Delhi on Thursday, finishing a close second behind the Uzbekistan duo
Reigning world champion Samrat Rana won bronze in the men's 10m air pistol where Uzbekistan's Vladimir Svechnikov won gold with an effort of 242.0 from Kazakhstan's Valeriy Rakhimzan, who finished a point behind. Samrat finished with 220.3.
Indian shooters, led by World Champion Samrat Rana, World Cup Final Champion Suruchi Singh, Olympic medallist Manu Bhaker, and Esha Singh, will aim to give the hosts a strong start in the continental event.
World Cup Final silver medallist Sainyam continued her good run of form, finishing on top in the finals with a dominant final score of 243.1, which was 5.4 points more than Rhythm Sangwan who finished second on 237.7. Gaurav Kumar improved on his second-place finish in Trial 1, finishing on
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP Naveen Jindal described shooting as one of India's fastest-growing sports, saying it aligns naturally with the country's cultural strengths of focus, meditation, and concentration in Ahmedabad on Saturday.
Abhinav and Pranjali maintained their commanding position from the start of the gold medal match and never gave their opponents any chance for a comeback
Anuya Prasad also broke the Deaf final World Record enroute to winning the gold, and Pranjali broke the qualification world record to book her place in the finals.
The two-time Olympian shot 466.9 in the 45-shot final to finish behind China's reigning Olympic champion Liu Yukun, who ended 0.2 ahead with 467.1. Newly crowned air pistol world champion Samrat Rana and Olympian and defending champion Esha Singh, also won silver in the 10m air pistol mixed
India pulled off a 1-2 in the 10m air pistol mixed team junior event, while Italy celebrated a golden double in the Skeet competitions, as competition Day 3 of the ISSF Junior World Cup Rifle/Pistol/Shotgun New Delhi concluded here at the Dr. Karni Singh Shooting Range with the hosts still o
Italy's Luca Arrighi took silver with 236.3 (572-21x), while Spain's Lucas Sanchez Tome claimed bronze on 215.1 (573-11x). The final also witnessed the tournament's first shoot-off, where Iran's Hosein Gohari edged past Italy's Gabriele Aldo Villani for sixth place, after both were tied on 1