In the ongoing International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF) Junior World Championship, the Indian junior shooting team demonstrated their depth of talent once again when Mukesh Nelavalli, Raajwardan Patil, and Harsimar Singh Rattha won the team competition in the junior men’s 25-meter rapid-fire pistol (RFP). This was their eleventh gold medal overall.

In addition, Mukesh won four gold medals overall, including one gold for himself.

India continues to have a commanding lead in the medal standings, having won 16 medals overall with four silver and four bronze. With three gold and one silver, China came in second.

Raajwardan and Mukesh both advanced to the individual final of the RFP; however, Raajwardan ended fourth after scoring 17 hits in the first six sets of shots, while Mukesh withdrew early in fifth place after scoring just 10 hits out of the 25 targets that were accessible up to that point.

With a score of 623.0 over 60 shots, Parikshit Singh Brar emerged as the top Indian finisher in the junior men’s 50m rifle prone competition. 14th place went to Shivendra Bahadur Singh (618.4), while 24th place went to Vedant Nitin Waghmare (613.2).