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, while qualification leader Shambhavi S. Kshirsagar completed the all-India podium with 229.4.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
The Indian trio had already stamped their authority in qualification, finishing as the top three with Shambhavi leading on 632.0, Ojasvi following with 631.9, and Hrudya third on 629.8. Croatia\u2019s Anamarija Turk, who had qualified eighth, was the closest challenger but placed fourth in the final with 206.6.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
The rest of the finalists included Individual Neutral Athletes Lidiia Vasileva (184.5), Varvara Kardakova (164.2), and Mariia Kruglova (142.8), as well as Slovakia\u2019s Kamila Novotna (122.1).<\/p>\r\n\r\n
In the men\u2019s 10m air rifle junior final, India\u2019s Himanshu, who had topped qualification with 633.7, kept his form intact to clinch gold with a superb 250.9. Individual Neutral Athlete Dmitrii Pimenov followed with 249.9 for silver, while India\u2019s Abhinav Shaw claimed bronze with 228.4.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Fellow Indian Naraen Pranav Vanitha Suresh finished fifth on 187.0. AIN\u2019s Kamil Nuriakhmetov placed fourth with 208.3, while his teammate Sergei Novoselov took sixth on 165.9. Croatia\u2019s Darko Tomasevic (144.8) and Oman\u2019s Khalid Mohammed Ali Khalaf Al Kalbani (123.5) rounded off the line-up.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
The 25m rapid fire pistol men junior final produced a thrilling finish as individual athlete Aleksandr Kovalev of AIN edged past India\u2019s Mukesh Nelavalli in a shoot-off to claim the gold medal. Both had ended tied on 27 hits before Kovalev prevailed 3-1 in the decider. Mukesh, who had qualified third with 571-20x, settled for silver.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
India still managed a double podium as Suraj Sharma, the qualification leader with 577-15x, took bronze with 21 hits. Sameer finished fourth on 15 hits, while Great Britain\u2019s Toby Aberdeen (10) and AIN\u2019s Georgii Tarasov (7) closed the field.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
In the trap junior qualification Day 1, competition remained tight. In the women\u2019s section, AIN\u2019s Kseniia Samofalova, India\u2019s Addya Katyal, and Italy\u2019s Sofia Gori shared the lead with 70 hits from 75 targets, while USA\u2019s Lucy Myers followed in fourth with 69. Four shooters, including India\u2019s Tanisska Senthil Kumar, were tied on 68.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
In the junior men\u2019s event, Croatia\u2019s Toni Gudelj and Spain\u2019s Daniel Fernandez de Vicente led with 73 hits, while seven shooters followed on 72.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Qualification Day 2 for both trap men and women will be held on Tuesday (September 30), with 50 additional targets starting at 9 AM, ahead of the medal finals in the afternoon.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Other Indians in action:<\/p>\r\n\r\n
10m Air Rifle Men Junior<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Mohammed Vania - 627.1 (6th)<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Piyush Sharma - 626.0 (7th)<\/p>\r\n\r\n
10m Air Rifle Women Junior<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Anvii Rathod \u2013 628.3 (7th)<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Isha Anil Taksale \u2013 625.3 (10th)<\/p>\r\n\r\n
25m RFP Men Junior Qualification - Stage 2<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Abhinav Chaudalry - 569-21x (5th)<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Jatin - 566-14x (6th)<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Trap Men Junior Qualification - Day 1 (75 Targets)<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Arya Vansh Tyagi - 71 (10th)<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Vinay Pratap Singh Chandrawat - 70 (14th)<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Udhav Singh Rathore - 70 (15th)<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Arjun - 70 (16th)<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Aman Chauhan - 62 (35th)<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Trap Women Junior Qualification - Day 1 (75 Targets)<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Addya Katyal - 70 (2nd)<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Tanisska Senthil Kumar - 68 (8th)<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Sabeera Haris - 67 (9th)<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Tanisska Senthil Kumar - 68 (8th)<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Bhavya Tripathi - 58 (18th).<\/p>\r\n\r\n