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Indian Express
22-04-2025
- Sport
- Indian Express
32 finals, 15 medals- Here is how the Indian shooters fared in the first two ISSF World Cups
The Indian Shooting team ended third in the standings at the Peru ISSF World Cup on Monday. Indian pairs Prithviraj Tondaiman/Pragati Dubey and Lakshay Sheoran/Neeru finished eighth and 12 th, respectively, with scores of 134 and 128 out of 150 targets in qualification. As China topped the tally with four gold, three silver and six bronze medals, the USA came in second with a silver and five fewer bronze medals. India's final tally read two gold, four silvers and the lone bronze won by Saurabh Chaudhary in the men's air pistol. Earlier in the day, Simranpreet Kaur Brar had won silver in the women's 25m pistol, to give India their seventh medal and a fourth silver of the competition. It was a good outing for the Indian shooters in the first swing of the ISSF World Cup in South America. Earlier in the Argentina World Cup, India had finished second to China with a haul of four gold, two silver and two bronze medals. The Indian shooters entered a total of 32 finals across both the World Cups and won a total of 15 medals, including six gold, six silver, and three bronze. Suruchi Phogat and Arya Borse were the debutants who clinched a medal, while Chain Singh and Simranpreet Kaur Brar won their first-ever World Cup medals. List of Indian Medalists at ISSF World Cup 2025 Athlete Gold Silver Bronze Suruchi Phogat 3 0 1 Rudrakksh Patil 1 2 0 Saurabh Chaudhary 1 0 2 Sift Kaur Samra 1 0 0 Vijayveer Sidhu 1 0 0 Arya Borse 0 2 0 Esha Singh 0 1 0 Manu Bhaker 0 1 0 Simranpreet Kaur Brar 0 1 0 Arjun Babuta 0 1 0 Chain Singh 0 0 1 Youngster Suruchi impressed everyone with a total of four medals across the World Cups, winning three gold and one bronze. Arya Borse was the other World Cup debutant to shine, making it to three finals and returning with two silver medals in the mixed team rifle event. Another story of the World Cups was the return of Tokyo Olympian Saurabh Chaudhary to the international podium. The 2018 Asian Games champion won three medals, including a gold in the mixed 10m air pistol event with Suruchi Phogat. Olympic medallist Manu Bhaker also won a medal in the World Cup, while Paris Olympian Arjun Babuta returned to the international podium after his fourth-place finish in the 10m air rifle final at the 2024 Paris Olympics. The next international assignment will be for the Shotgun squad only, when the Cyprus Shotgun World Cup begins in the first week of next month in Nicosia.
The Hindu
22-04-2025
- Sport
- The Hindu
Simranpreet misses sports pistol gold by one point
The 25 sports pistol gold eluded the grasp of Simranpreet Kaur Brar by one point as she fought hard against qualification topper Sun Jujie (585) of China in the Shooting World Cup that concluded in Lima, Peru, on Monday. The 20-year-old Simranpreet lost the gold 33-34 to the Chinese, even as she matched her in the last two series. The Chinese had a one-point lead after eight series of five shots, and held on to the lead over the next two series to prevail for the gold. Manu Bhaker made the final in style, shooting the top score of 585 like the Chinese, but was pushed to fourth place by another Chinese Yao Qianxun. Esha Singh was also in the final but finished sixth. China topped the medals table with four gold, three silver and six bronze. USA was second with four gold, two silver and a bronze, while India followed third with two gold, four silver and a bronze. Czech Republic, Norway, Italy and Australia were the other teams to win at least one gold medal. The results: 25m sports pistol: 1. Sun Yujie (Chn) 34 (585); 2. Simranpreet Kaur Brar 33 (580); 3. Yao Qianxun (Chn) 29 (582); 4. Manu Bhaker 22 (585); 6. Esha Singh 17 (575). Trap: Mixed team: 1. Australia (Penny Smith, Mitchell Iles) 42 (144); 2. Guatemala (Adriana Olivia, Jean Pierre Cardenas) 39 (144); 3. Italy (Silvana Stanco, Mauro De Filippis) 41 (141); 4. USA (Rachel Tozier, Walton Eller) 40 (142); 8. India-2 (Pragati Dubey, Prithviraj Tondaiman) 134; 12. India (Neeru, Lakshay Sheoran) 128.
India Today
22-04-2025
- Sport
- India Today
ISSF World Cup: India finishes 3rd in Peru, Suruchi wins 3 golds
The Indian shooting team finished third in the overall standings as the Peru leg of the International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF) World Cup concluded on Monday, April 21. Australia clinched the final gold medal on offer in the mixed team trap event. Indian pairs Prithviraj Tondaiman/Pragati Dubey and Lakshay Sheoran/Neeru placed eighth and 12th, respectively, with qualification scores of 134 and 128 out of 150 topped the medal table with four gold, three silver, and six bronze medals. The United States followed in second place, finishing with one silver and five fewer bronze medals than China. India wrapped up the tournament with a total of seven medals: two gold, four silver, and one bronze—won by Saurabh Chaudhary in the men's air in the day, Simranpreet Kaur Brar added to India's tally with a silver medal in the women's 25m pistol, securing the country's fourth silver and seventh medal overall in the tournament. India will carry plenty of positives from the double-legged South American tour, which marked the beginning of the new international season. In the previous leg held in Argentina, India had finished second behind China with a haul of four gold, two silver, and two bronze lot of young and talented shooters like Suruchi, Arya, and Bhavtegh participated in their first senior World Cups on this tour. Overall, it was a young squad, and the experience of traveling halfway across the world, adapting to unfamiliar conditions and ranges, and still performing at their best for India will serve them well in the future. The next LA Olympics will present similar challenges,' said Shri K. Sultan Singh, Secretary General of the National Rifle Association of India (NRAI).'Given the quality of competition, the squad, as they have consistently done over the years, performed splendidly. We heartily congratulate the entire squad, including our hard-working coaches and support staff, for once again flying the country's flag high on the global stage,' he added. Total Finalists: 32Total Medals: 15 (6 Gold, 6 Silver, 3 Bronze)Medals on World Cup Debut: Suruchi, AryaFirst ISSF World Cup Medals: Chain Singh, Suruchi, SimranpreetFirst World Cup Finals: Shriyanka, Raiza, Suruchi, AryaIndian shooters reached 32 finals across individual and mixed-team events and returned with 15 medals, including six gold. The standout performer was 18-year-old Suruchi, who emerged as the most successful Indian athlete of the tour with three golds and one Chinese teenage rifle shooter Wang Zifei, Suruchi was one of the brightest stars across both legs of the South American Borse, another debutant, also shone, making it to three finals and winning two silver medals in the mixed team rifle Chain Singh and Simranpreet Kaur Brar earned their first individual World Cup medals, while Paris Olympians Shriyanka Sadangi and Raiza Dhillon gained valuable experience, reaching their first-ever individual World Cup established names continued to impress:Rudrankksh Patil added one gold and two Sidhu claimed gold in rapid-fire pistol in Kaur Samra secured gold in 50m rifle 3 Babuta took silver in men's air rifle in Singh and Manu Bhaker added silvers in women's pistol Olympic medalist Manu Bhaker's silver in Lima marked her sixth individual World Cup most heartening highlight for Indian fans, however, was the return to form of Saurabh Chaudhary, former Youth Olympic and Asian Games champion, world record holder, and former world No. 1. He clinched his fifth mixed team World Cup gold—this time with debutant partner Suruchi—and earned his seventh individual World Cup medal as gives us immense pleasure to see the depth we've developed in the sport. Many accomplished international shooters didn't even travel on this tour, and yet we achieved these results. It's a clear sign that Indian shooting is moving in the right direction,' concluded Shri Sultan Indian shooting contingent's next international assignment will be at the Shotgun World Cup in Nicosia, Cyprus, set to begin in the first week of Watch
