Individual Neutral Athlete Aleksandra Tikhonova claimed the junior women\u2019s 25m pistol gold, while Czechia\u2019s Tereza Zaviskova and Tomas Nantl edged compatriots Lea Kucerova and Kamil Bednar to win the Trap mixed team junior gold.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Tikhonova was steady from the start in the 25m pistol women junior final, hitting 33 to secure gold. Tejaswani, who had dominated the qualification with 580-17x, kept pace but finished with silver on 30, while Italian athlete Alessandra Fait completed the podium with 28. <\/p>\r\n\r\n
Among other Indians in the final, Naamya Kapoor (21) finished fourth, and Riya Shirish Thatte (16) was fifth. Individual Neutral Athlete Iuliia Tretiakova was sixth with 9, while her teammate Viktoriia Kholodnaia finished seventh with 4. USA\u2019s Mehr Chanda rounded off the final in eighth place with 1 hit.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
The trap mixed team junior final produced a close all-Czech duel, with Zaviskova and Nantl edging compatriots Lea Kucerova, who won trap women junior gold yesterday, and Kamil Bednar 39\u201338 for gold. <\/p>\r\n\r\n
European junior champions Irene Del Rey Ruiz and Isaac Hernandez from Spain defeated Italy\u2019s Sofia Gori and Luca Gerri 7\u20136 in a shoot-off to win bronze after a 40\u201340 tie in the bronze medal match. India\u2019s Addya Katyal and Arjun narrowly missed the bronze medal match by a single hit, finishing fifth with 136, while Bhavya Tripathi and Arya Vansh Tyagi ended tenth on 132.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
In the 25m pistol men junior individual, a non-Olympic event, junior world champion Mukesh Nellavalli from India built on his precision stage score of 289-9x from yesterday with a superb 296-14x in rapid fire to finish with 585-23x for gold.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
AIN\u2019s Aleksandr Kovalev, already a 25m rapid fire pistol champion earlier in the competition, took silver with 577-17x, and Sahil Choudhary ensured another medal for India with bronze on 573-21x. <\/p>\r\n\r\n
India finished on top of the medals table with 19 medals in the Olympic events, including 6 gold, 8 silver, and 5 bronze. AIN followed in second place with 10 medals (4 gold, 2 silver, 4 bronze), while Italy was third with 5 medals (2 gold, 2 silver, 1 bronze). In addition, India added 2 gold, 2 silver, and 3 bronze medals in the non-Olympic events of 50m rifle prone (men and women) and 25m pistol men junior individual.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
A total of eight countries won medals across seven competition days, with five: India, AIN, Italy, Croatia, and Czechia, securing gold.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
The 11th edition of the ISSF Junior World Cup, and the first ever hosted in India, featured 208 shooters from 19 federations across 15 Olympic medal events and three non-Olympic medal events.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Other Indians in action: <\/p>\r\n\r\n
25m Pistol Women Junior Qualification<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Divanshi - 568-15x (6th)<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Payal Kuldeep Khatri - 564-13x (8th)<\/p>\r\n\r\n
25m Pistol Men Junior Individual<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Sameer Gulia - 573-19x (4th)<\/p>\r\n\r\n
25m Pistol Men Junior Individual<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Raghav Verma - 572-13x (7th)<\/p>\r\n\r\n