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Time of India
4 days ago
- Sport
- Time of India
Adriyan, a new shooting star on the rise
Kolkata: Adriyan Karmakar was seven when his father Joydeep missed an Olympic medal narrowly by finishing fourth at the London Games in 2012. Having watched that event on television, the youngster grew up with a legacy to carry forward. Tired of too many ads? go ad free now Last week, the 20-year-old made a statement by winning two medals — a silver in the 50m rifle prone event and a bronze in the 50m rifle 3 positions — at his maiden ISSF Junior World Cup in Suhl, Germany. Interestingly, Adriyan shot with the same weapon that his father had used at the Olympics. "I started shooting with a different weapon. But shifted to this gun since it is lighter," he stated. "It was a big stage. I am happy, but there's still room for improvement. It was challenging too as I had to adjust to the cold and windy conditions there," Adriyan told TOI on return to the country on Sunday. Wearing a new attire, Adriyan struggled as the leather and canvas of his jacket shrunk in the 2 degrees Centigrade on the match day. The India junior No. 1 shooter put up a good fight against French Olympian Romain Aufrere, who went on to win gold in the 3P event final. "I only came to know about him (Romain) being an Olympian when the competitors were introduced in the final round. But I shot with an open mind," he stated. Shooting came naturally to Adriyan, who picked up the game watching his father at different tournaments and national camps. According to Adriyan, being an Olympian shooter's son has both its pros and cons. "Yes, being my father's son, there's high expectations, but it was also because of him (Joydeep) that the game came naturally to me," he pointed out. Joydeep felt Adriyan's advantage is that he is technically very sound. Tired of too many ads? go ad free now "Adriyan used to listen to all that I used to discuss with my father when he was a kid. He is strong with that knowledge now," Joydeep said. Adriyan himself is also a keen learner. "I have interacted with (Abhinav) Bindra sir, (Jaspal) Rana sir who are all my father's friends. At the same time at Suhl, I went up to talk to coaches of other teams also to learn whatever I can," he stated. A Khelo India gold medal winner in 2022 and 2023, Adriyan aims to make the India side for the Olympics. "Definitely that's the dream, but I have to keep performing," Adriyan said looking ahead.
India Gazette
24-05-2025
- Sport
- India Gazette
Suhl Junior Shooting World Cup: Adriyan Karmakar bags 2nd medal, bronze in men's 3P as India continue to top tally
Suhl [Germany], May 24 (ANI): Adriyan Karmakar won his second medal in three days, a bronze in the 50m rifle three positions (3P) to go with his silver in the rifle prone, as India retained their top spot in the International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF) Junior World Cup medal standings with a tally of one gold, two silvers and a bronze after three days of competition in Suhl, Germany. The 20-year-old on world cup debut, finished with 446.6 as Olympian and former prone junior world champion Romain Aufrere of France took gold with 459.7 and two-time prone junior world champion Jens Oestli took silver with 459.1. Adriyan qualified for the 45-shot final with a 588 in qualification which gave him fourth spot in the 55-strong field. Romain and Jens were first and third respectively. Also qualifying was Jesper Johansson of Sweden, a junior world championship medalist and a silver medalist in Suhl last time around. While the Indian hovered around 13th and 14th spot right through the Kneeling and Prone positions, a streak of eight straight 10s including the final few shots in Prone and the first few in Standing, ensured an easy final passage in the end. In the final as well, Adriyan never moved above fourth as Romain, Jens and Jesper looked destined for the medals. Adriyan made his move after the first set of eliminations happened after the 40th shot, the 10th in the last Standing position. Having cut down his difference with third placed Jesper to 0.5, he fired 10.8 for his 41st and 10.6 for his 42nd to go a point ahead of the Swede. That cushion helped as Adriyan's 10.2 for his 43rd confirmed the medal despite Jesper's firing a 10.7 in bowing out. It wrapped up a great debut for the youngster having not only won two medals, but also having established a new junior national record in prone, in the process. Later a valiant effort by 17-year-old Anoushka Thokur, also on world cup debut, went abegging in the junior women's 3P as she finished seventh in the final. After being in medal contention for a better part of the final, she bowed out in the end alongside double Paris medalist Huang Yuting of China, after the 40th shot. She was then on a score of 405.2 and in went down in a shoot-off with the Czech Republic's Barbora Dubska. The Jaeggi sisters from Switzerland, Vivien Joy and Emely, finished 1-2 as China's Xu took bronze. Nine golds so far have gone to nine different nations including one to the group of Individual Neutral athletes (AIN). There are seven more on the line over the next three days with three, including the men's and women's air rifle and the men's 25m rapid-fire pistol are scheduled for Saturday (May 24, 2025). Other Indian scores on the day 25m Rapid-Fire Pistol Men Junior- Qualification Rd 1: Sagnik Banerjee- 287 (6th) Sameer-285 (11th) Tanishq Kodavali-285 (12th) Mukesh Nellavalli-284 (13th) Abhinav Choudhary-284 (14th) 50m Rifle 3 Positions Men Junior: Vedant Nitin Waghmare -579 (19th) Manvendra Singh Shekhawat -570 (49th) Harshvardhan Singh Naruka -569 (50th) 50m Rifle 3 Positions Women Junior: Mahit Sandhu 585-11th Prachi Gaikwad 578-31st Melvina Joel Gladson 566-55th.(ANI)
India Gazette
23-05-2025
- Sport
- India Gazette
ISSF Junior World Cup 2025: India shooter Adriyan Karmakar secures bronze in men's 50m rifle 3 positions event
Suhl [Germany], May 23 (ANI): Indian shooter Adriyan Karmakar continued his sublime form at the ISSF Junior World Cup 2025 and bagged a bronze medal in the men's 50m rifle 3 positions event on Friday in Suhl, Germany. The 20-year-old Indian shooter clinched his second medal of the Suhl meet. He had previously won silver in the 50m rifle prone event with a junior national record. Adriyan Karmakar scored 446.6 points in the medal round to finish behind French Olympian Romain Aufrere (459.7) and Norway's Jens Oestli (459.1). Adriyan is the son of Olympian and Arjuna awardee Joydeep Karmakar, who finished in the fourth spot in the men's 50m rifle prone event at the London 2012 Olympics and missed the medal by a whisker. Apart from his recent heroics, Adriyan is also the Khelo India Youth Games champion in the prone event and the junior national champion in the 50m rifle 3P. In the qualifying round, Adriyan secured fourth place with a score of 588 points, while Aufrere Romain topped the round with a staggering score of 590. Meanwhile, India's Nitin Waghmare (579 points), Manvendra Singh Shekhawat (570) and Harshvardhan Singh (569) failed to make the top eight. Earlier in the tournament, India's skeet shooter Raiza Dhillon bagged a silver medal in the ISSF Junior World Cup 2025. The 21-year-old Indian shooter, who won a silver medal at the Asian Championships last year, landed 51 of her possible 60 shots in the final to finish behind Great Britain's Phoebe Bodley-Scott, who scored 53 on Thursday. This was Bodley-Scott's second junior ISSF World Cup gold medal after winning the same event at the same venue three years ago. Annabella Hettmer of Germany clinched bronze with 38. Dhillon had made the cut for the six-woman medal round by finishing second in the qualifying round with a score of 116. (ANI)
NDTV
23-05-2025
- Sport
- NDTV
Adriyan Karmakar Bags Bronze In Men's 50m Rifle 3P; India Continue To Top Tally
Adriyan Karmakar won a bronze in the 50m rifle 3 positions (3P), his second medal of the tournament, as India maintained their top spot in the International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF) Junior World Cup on Friday. The 20-year-old Adriyan, who was making his world cup debut, finished with 446.6 as Olympian and former prone junior world champion Romain Aufrere of France took the gold. Two-time prone junior world champion Jens Oestli won the silver with 459.1. Adriyan had won a silver in the 50m rifle prone event on Tuesday. India remained on top of the medal standings with one gold, two silver and one bronze after three days of competition. Adriyan qualified for the 45-shot final with a 588 which gave him fourth spot in the 55-strong field. Romain and Jens were first and third respectively in the qualification round. Jesper Johansson of Sweden, a junior world championship medallist and a silver medalist in Suhl last time around, was also qualified. While the Indian hovered around 13th and 14th spot right through the Kneeling and Prone positions, a streak of eight straight 10s, including the final few shots in Prone and the first few in Standing, ensured an easy final passage in the end. In the final, Adriyan could not move above fourth spot initially as Romain, Jens and Jesper looked destined for medals. Adriyan made his move after the first set of eliminations happened after the 40th shot, the 10th in the last Standing position. Having cut down the gap with third placed Jesper to 0.5, Adriyan fired 10.8 for his 41st and 10.6 for his 42nd to go a point ahead of the Swede. That cushion helped as Adriyan's 10.2 for his 43rd confirmed the medal despite Jesper firing a 10.7 while bowing out. It wrapped up a great debut for the youngster having not only won two medals, but also having established a new junior national record in prone, in the process. Later a valiant effort by 17-year-old Anoushka Thokur, also making her World Cup debut, went in vain in the junior women's 3P as she finished seventh in the final. After being in medal contention for a better part of the final, she bowed out alongside double Paris medalist Huang Yuting of China, after the 40th shot. She was then on a score of 405.2 and went down in a shoot-off with the Czech Republic's Barbora Dubska. The Jaeggi sisters from Switzerland, Vivien Joy and Emely, finished 1-2 as China's Xu took bronze. Nine golds so far have gone to nine different nations including one to the group of Individual Neutral athletes (AIN). There are seven more on the line over the next three days with three, including the men's and women's air rifle and the men's 25m rapid-fire pistol, are scheduled for Saturday.
New Indian Express
20-05-2025
- Sport
- New Indian Express
From shadow shooting to Junior World Cup silver: Adriyan's journey
CHENNAI: The day when Adriyan Karmakar shot silver in prone on his debut at the junior World Cup at Suhl (Germany), thousands of miles away one person was silently admiring his son's effort. It is not easy to be born into a shooting family where a father has left an illustrious trail of records and medals. It's never easy to emulate such a star. 'I am emotional because in 2010 I had won a silver at the same event (but senior) in Sydney,' Joydeep told this daily. Adriyan lost the gold to Sweden's Jesper Johansson by just 0.3 points. Griffin Lake (USA) won bronze with 624.6 points. For Adriyan, who started shooting at seven and competed at the senior nationals three years later (it was allowed by the National Rifle Association of India back then), however, the path he chose was not easy. Father Joydeep was not just an incredible shooter, he finished fourth at the London Olympcis, but is an able master (coach) with a keen eye for talent. Sitting in Bhopal, he was recollecting the day when he had a serious discussion with his son about pursuing the sport. 'It must be when he was around 16 or 17 and it was not a discussion,' he corrected the word and said it was a spat. 'I thought he was not being too serious about the sport and I asked him to quit. I told him shooting is not what you should do. There was a lot of tension and he said that his place was in the shooting range and he shall shoot. I told him if he wants to shoot he has to be serious and I will support him financially, morally and mentally.' Joydeep realised that brought in a kind of transformation in his son. Months later he went on to win at Khelo India Games and worked very hard to improve his game. 'He was mentally in the sport,' he said. Still, Joydeep was not expecting this kind of results from 20-year-old Adriyan. 'I was hoping for a score around 620-624 but a 626.7 off 60 shots should be considered great,' said the father. In fact, Adriyan started shadow shooting in Kolkata and continued with it for quite some time. 'He won a medal without shooting in a range because we did not have one in Kolkata,' he said.
