♦ The Indian junior men's trio of Umesh Choudhary, Pradhyumn Singh and Mukesh Nelavalli clinched the gold medal at the ISSF Junior World Championship 2024 in Lima, Peru, on  29 September.

♦ The trio stood at the top spot with a combined score of 1726 points. Romania (1716) and Italy (1707) were ranked 2nd and 3rd respectively.

♦ Mean while, The combination of Kanishka Dagar, Lakshita and Anjali Chaudhary tallied 1708 to clinch the junior women’s 10m air pistol team gold. Azerbaijan (1707) and Ukraine (1704) were ranked 2nd and 3rd respectively.

♦ Over 560 shooters from 51 countries will participate in the ISSF Junior World Championship 2024. India is fielding 61 shooters in the competition which ends on October 6.

♦ The last edition of the ISSF Junior World Championship was held in Changwon in 2023. India had finished with 17 medals, including six gold, six silver and five bronze.