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Global shooting stars gather in Munich as ISSF World Cup kicks off June 10
The global royalty of Rifle/Pistol sport shooting, is set to descend on one of its most hallowed turfs Munich's Olympic Shooting range for the third International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF) World Cup (Rifle/Pistol) stage, set for June 10-15. A massive 695 athletes, among them a constellation of Olympic and World champions and legends of the sport from 78 countries, will make feature in Munich World Cup. There are 10 finals on the roster and competitions begin on Tuesday. The season began with a double-header in South America where Indian Rifle and Pistol shooters picked up 15 medals, including six gold, helping the team finish a creditable second and third respectively on the standings. The Munich leg will, however, present a much tougher challenge given the much wider presence of the world's best shooters. While many stars like Li would be making their first appearance on the ISSF circuit in Munich after the Paris Olympics last year, India, who have fielded a 22-strong team across the 10 events, including the two mixed team events, will also look forward to a few anticipated comebacks. Prominent among them will be Swapnil Kusale, the Paris bronze medallist in the men's 50m rifle 3 positions (3P), who has fought his way back into the team with some great scores on the domestic circuit. Two-time Olympian Elavenil Valarivan will also be seen in international competitive action for the first time since Paris, although she did make the trip to Buenos Aires and Lima as an RPO shooter. Reigning Asian Games champion Palak in the women's air pistol, also makes it back to the team and a few world cup debuts, like that of newly crowned women's air rifle national champion Ananya Naidu and the two new faces at this level in men's air pistol-Aditya Malra and Nishant Rawat, are also to look forward to, as India look to continue to explore their depth in the two disciplines, ahead of bigger challenges later in the year. Among the constellation of stars, none shines brighter than two Chinese marksmen, the legendary Li Yuehong, reigning Olympic champion and three-time Olympic medalist in the 25m rapid-fire pistol (RFP) and Sheng Lihao, the reigning Olympic, World and Asian champion, world-record holder and a 20-year-old air-rifle sensation. In fact, in his last outing in Munich last year, Sheng set a new finals world record in his pet 10m air rifle and is coming off yet another World Cup win, in Lima. Li would be appearing at this level for the first time after his Paris Olympics gold. The Munich World Cup, set at a time when international shooters are generally nearing their peak and given its legacy and favourable location, like always has attracted the who's who of Rifle and Pistol shooting. Every strong shooting nation has sent its strongest available squads. China, outright winners of the first two legs, besides Li and Sheng, are also bringing their men's air pistol Olympic champion Xie Yu, in what is also a 22-member squad. Sheng, by the way, is also the mixed air rifle Olympic champion but his partner in Paris, Huang Yuting, will be missing in action. Hosts Germany have also fielded a strong 27-member contingent led by their pistol legend and former Olympic and World champion Christian Reitz. Anna Janssen, their women's air rifle qualification world record holder, would also be starting on home soil. Another RFP legend Jean Quiquampoix, part of a 16-member French squad, will help complete the troika of legends who have completely dominated the RFP event over the last decade or so. The Koreans will also be there in full force with 19 shooters, among them two of their three reigning women Olympic champions Yang Jiin (25m pistol) and Oh Yejin (10m air pistol). Reigning mixed team air pistol Paris champions Damir Mikec and Zorana Arunovic will headline a 15-member Serbian squad, while women's 3P exponent Chiara Leone, will complete the line-up of reigning Olympic champions in Munich. She will accompany an equally high-quality 11-member Switzerland team. Among former Olympic champions who have entered to start for their respective nations are Javad Faroughi (Iran-10m air pistol), Nina Christen (Switzerland-women's 3P) and Greek women's pistol legend Anna Korakaki. Several Paris Olympic medallists like the USA's Sagen Maddalena, Italy's Paolo Monna and Danilo Sollazzo and Alexandra Le of Kazakhstan, are also set to start in Munich. The USA's former world champion Alison Weisz also shoots in Munich, highlighting the strong US presence. Other legendary shooters in attendance will include the likes of Ukrainian rifle specialist Serhii Kulish (two-time Olympic medalist), who is part of a 21-member squad, the Czech Republic's Petar Gorsa, Hungary's Istvan Peni and Turkiye's Yusuf Dikec. A group of 25 individual neutral athletes (AIN) are also expected to pose a strong challenge in the 10 events on the schedule.
India Gazette
27-05-2025
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Suhl Junior Shooting World Cup: Tejaswini's 25m pistol gold clinches top spot for India
Suhl [Germany], May 27 (ANI): In a stunning result, Tejaswini of India bagged gold in the women's 25m pistol event, on the final day of the International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF) Junior World Cup in Suhl, to help India clinch the top spot in the medal standings ahead of fellow powerhouses China. It was the 20-year-old from Haryana's first individual world cup medal, India's 11th of the campaign and their third gold, to go with four silver and bronze medals each. China also won three golds but have just an additional bronze in their tally. The Indian shot 31 in the final as Alina Nestsiarovich of the Individual Neutral Athletes (AIN) shot 29 for silver and Hungary's Miriam Jako, 23, for the bronze medal. It was a memorable effort from Tejaswini, who began the day 24th on the grid, after day one of qualification had yielded 282 out of a possible 300 points. In the second rapid-fire round today, she shot a strong 293, which gave her a total of 575 and fourth place overall in the 50-strong field. She would be the only Indian among four to make the top-eight, as Riya Shirish Thatte, the best placed overnight, shot a 92 in her final rapid-fire series to total 569, thereby missing out by four points, as Miriam, a double junior European Champion, took the eighth spot. As the 10-series of five rapid-fire shots final began, Tejawini blasted off the blocks with two successive scores of four and had 16-year-old Chinese qualification topper Zhao Taotao for company. That neck and neck fight lasted till the fifth series when the Indian shot another four to Zhao's one, effectively putting an end to her challenge. They were coming from elsewhere however but Tejaswini fended each one of them with remarkable calmness and consistency. It came from Chinese Taipei's Cheng Yen-Ching and Miriam and finally from Alina, but none could come close as Tejaswini closed out clinically. Among the other Indians, Naamya Kapoor too shot well to rise up to 18th spot with 289 on the day for a total of 568. Divanshi, the reigning world champion in the event, shot 564 to finish 24th and Riya settled for 15th spot overall. India have now topped four of the last five ISSF Junior competitions including the previous combined world cup in Suhl in 2023 and the combined junior world championships in Lima last year. Other Indian scores on the Day: Trap Mixed Team - Vinay Chandrawat/Bhavya Tripathi 133 (sixth), Zuhair Khan/Sabeera Haris 126 (15th). (ANI)
Hans India
27-05-2025
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Jr shooting World Cup: Tejaswini wins gold
New Delhi: In a stunning result, Tejaswini of India bagged gold in the women's 25m pistol event, on the final day of the International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF) Junior World Cup in Suhl, to help India clinch the top spot in the medal standings ahead of fellow powerhouses China. It was the 20-year-old from Haryana's first individual world cup medal, India's 11th of the campaign and their third gold, to go with four silver and bronze medals each. China also won three golds but have just an additional bronze in their tally. The Indian shot 31 in the final as Alina Nestsiarovich of the Individual Neutral Athletes (AIN) shot 29 for silver and Hungary's Miriam Jako, 23, for the bronze medal. It was a memorable effort from Tejaswini, who began the day 24th on the grid, after day one of qualification had yielded 282 out of a possible 300 points. In the second rapid-fire round today, she shot a strong 293, which gave her a total of 575 and fourth place overall in the 50-strong field. She would be the only Indian among four to make the top-eight, as Riya Shirish Thatte, the best placed overnight, shot a 92 in her final rapid-fire series to total 569, thereby missing out by four points, as Miriam, a double junior European Champion, took the eighth spot. As the 10-series of five rapid-fire shots final began, Tejawini blasted off the blocks with two successive scores of four and had 16-year-old Chinese qualification topper Zhao Taotao for company.
India Gazette
26-05-2025
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- India Gazette
Another double podium for India at Suhl Junior Shooting World Cup
Suhl [Germany], May 26 (ANI): Both Indian teams in the 10m air rifle mixed team event of the International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF) Junior World Cup in Suhl, won medals, silver and bronze respectively, to land India a second double podium finish in the tournament in two days. Naraen Pranav and Khyaty Chaudhary won silver while Himanshu and Shambhavi Kshirsagar clinched bronze, as India's medal tally reached double figures (two gold, four silver, four bronze) with two more finals coming up on the final day on Monday. The pair of Khyaty and Naraen shot 631.0 in the 38-team qualifying round to finish second and earn a shot at gold against the crack Chinese pair of Huang Yuting (Olympic champion in the event, double Olympic medalist and senior air rifle world champion) and Huang Liwanlin (the junior air rifle world champion), who topped the field with a combined 632.6. They fought valiantly in the final coming back to level things back every time the Chinese threatened to pull away and did so right till the end over 14 series of single shots, going into the 15th series tied honourably at 14 points apiece. The Chinese won the 15th by 0.5 to get to 16 points first and take gold. Himanshu and Shambhavi, who had finished with fourth in qualifying with 629.5 to make the bronze medal match, were down 1-7 at one stage against the American pair of Griffin Lake and Elijah Spencer. With a medal threatening to slip away they responded with a ferocity which could not bring a response out of the Americans and within no time reversed the tide to go 13-7 up. The Americans could win just one more series as the Indians sealed it 17-9 to win comfortably in the end. Shambhavi and Ojasvi Thakur had finished 1-2 in the women's air rifle on Saturday, to give India their first double podium of the tournament. The Trap finals were also slated for later in the day on Sunday, however no Indian would be featuring in them. The women had already finished outside the top six cut while the men were also far below the cut line. Trap Scores Trap Women Junior: Sabeera Haris 109 (10th), Bhavya Tripathi 108 (12th), Shreshtha Sisodiya 108 (14th), Nilaa Rajaa Balu 102 (21st), Anthra Rajsekar 95 (30th) *Trap Men Junior: Arjun 113, Vinay Pratap Singh Chandrawat 113, Arjun, Yugan SM. (ANI)
Hans India
25-05-2025
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Jr Shooting World Cup: Another double podium for India at Suhl
Both Indian teams in the 10m air rifle mixed team event of the International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF) Junior World Cup in Suhl, won medals, silver and bronze respectively, to land India a second double podium finish in the tournament in two days on Sunday. Naraen Pranav and Khyaty Chaudhary won silver while Himanshu and Shambhavi Kshirsagar bagged bronze, as India's medal tally reached double figures (two gold, four silver, four bronze) with two more finals coming up on the final day on Monday (May 26). The pair of Khyaty and Naraen shot 631.0 in the 38-team qualifying round to finish second and earn a shot at gold against the crack Chinese pair of Huang Yuting (Olympic champion in the event, double Olympic medallist and senior air rifle world champion) and Huang Liwanlin (the junior air rifle world champion), who topped the field with a combined 632.6. They fought valiantly in the final coming back to level things back every time the Chinese threatened to pull away and did so right till the end over 14 series of single shots, going into the 15th series tied honourably at 14 points apiece. The Chinese won the 15th by 0.5 to get to 16 points first and take gold. Himanshu and Shambhavi, who had finished fourth in qualifying with 629.5 to make the bronze medal match, were down 1-7 at one stage against the American pair of Griffin Lake and Elijah Spencer. With a medal threatening to slip away, they responded with a ferocity that could not bring a response from the Americans and, within no time, reversed the tide to go 13-7 up. The Americans could win just one more series as the Indians sealed it 17-9 to win comfortably in the end. Shambhavi and Ojasvi Thakur had finished 1-2 in the women's air rifle on Saturday, to give India their first double podium of the tournament. The Trap finals were also slated for later in the day on Sunday, however no Indian would be featuring in them. The women had already finished outside the top six cut while the men were also far below the cut line. Trap scores: Trap Women Junior: Sabeera Haris 109 (10th), Bhavya Tripathi 108 (12th), Shreshtha Sisodiya 108 (14th), Nilaa Rajaa Balu 102 (21st), Anthra Rajsekar 95 (30th)
