Starting tomorrow (October 15), six Indian trap shooters - Neeru Dhanda, Aashima Ahlawat, and Kirti Gupta in women's and Zoravar Singh Sandhu, Vivaan Kapoor, and Bhowneesh Mendiratta in men's trap, will take to the Malakasa Shooting Range in the Greek capital for the first 50 targets of the
The schedule has been revised for better calendar alignment across the International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF), athletes, prospective franchises, and broadcast partners.
Young shooter Tejaswani Singh clinched a silver medal as India wrapped up the ISSF Junior World Cup 2025, which took place in New Delhi, by topping the medals tally on Wednesday.
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. At the same time, qualification leader Shambhavi S Kshirsagar completed the all-India podium wi
Junior Asian champion Anushka Thokur continued her stellar run at the ISSF Junior World Cup Rifle/Pistol/Shotgun in New Delhi, winning her second gold medal of the competition, adding the 50m Rifle 3 Positions junior women's gold to the one she won in rifle prone on day one.
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
The men missed out on the gold in the same event, had to settle for a silver and bronze, but it was all enough to help India take an early lead in the medal tally, as per Olympics.com.
Two-time Olympic medallist Manu Bhaker features among eight Indian shooters who have confirmed their tickets for the ISSF World Cup Final 2025, which is scheduled to be held in Doha, Qatar, from December 4 to 9 this year.
Meghana shot 230.0 in the final as Norwegian ace Jeanette Hegg Duestad took silver while Peng took gold, replacing compatriot Wang Zifei's earlier world record score of 254.8, with a 255.3 of her own, as per a press release from the National Rifle Association of India (NRAI).
It is Esha's first-ever individual gold medal in any ISSF World Cup event, having got the silver for the same category way back in 2022 at Cairo and had to settle for silver in 25 m pistol variant in Argentina earlier this year.