ISSF Junior World Championship in Lima
♦ India added 5 more Gold medals to its tally in the ISSF Junior World Championship in Lima, Peru on 2 October 2024. ♦ Divanshi bagged a Gold in the women’s 25m pistol. She defeated Italy’s Cristina Magnani by two points in the final with a score of 35. France’s Heloise Fourre was third. ♦ It was a double-gold for Divanshi as she combined with India’s Tejaswini and Vibhuti Bhatia, to win the junior women’s 25m pistol team gold ahead of The Czech Republic and Germany. ♦ Mukesh Nelavalli won a gold medal in the junior men’s 25m pistol event with a score of 585. ♦ In the team event, Mukesh Nelavalli, Suraj Sharma alongside Pradhyumn Singh, clinched gold, narrowly edging out Poland by three points. ♦ India secured its fifth gold in the junior men’s 50m rifle team event, with Shourya Saini, Vedant Nitin Waghmare, and Parikshit Singh Brar scoring a combined 1753 points. ♦ At the ISSF junior world championship, India is leading the tally with 14 medals including 10 Gold, a Silver and three Bronze. The USA is at the second place, while Italy holds the third spot.