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Overview of ISSF Junior World Cup Rifle/Pistol/Shotgun 2019 held in Suhl, Germany

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International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF) Junior World Cup Rifle/Pistol/Shotgun 2019 was held at the Shooting Center, Suhl, Germany from July 12-20, 2019.ISSF Junior World Cup 2019India tops the medal tally

RankCountryGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1India109524
2China88824
3Germany52310
4USA4329
5Russia3227


India won

  • 4 Gold in team event & 6 in Individual event
  • 4 Silver in team event & 5 in Individual event.
  • 3 Bronze in team event & 2 in Individual event.

Team events:
India won gold in the following team events:

  • 25m Standard Pistol Men Junior
  • 25m Pistol Men Junior
  • 50m Pistol Men Junior
  • 10m Air Rifle Women Junior

Individual events:
India won gold in the following Individual events:

EventGoldSilver
50m Rifle 3 Positions Men JuniorAishwary Pratap Singh TomarZalan Pekler of Hungary
10m Air Pistol Men JuniorSarabjot SinghZhehao Wand of China
25m Rapid Fire Pistol Men JuniorAnish BhanwalaEgor Ismakov of Russia
25m Standard Pistol Men JuniorUdhayveer SidhuAdarsh Singh of India
50m Pistol Men JuniorGaurav RanaArjun Singh Cheema of India
10m Air Rifle Women JuniorElavenil ValarivanMehuli Ghosh of India


Records held by Indians

  • Udhayveer Sidhu ,Vijayveer and Adarsh broke record in 25m Standard Pistol Men Junior Team. Udhayveer shot 575 in the event to lead a clean sweep for India as Adarsh Singh (568) and Anish Bhanwala (566) won silver and bronze respectively. Udhayveer combined with Adarsh and his twin Vijayveer Sidhu won a team gold in the event with a combined effort of 1707, a junior world record.
  • Shreya Agrawal, Mehuli Ghosh and Elavenil Valarivan won gold in 10m Air Rifle Women Junior Team with a junior world record score of 1883.3.
  • Aishwarya Pratap Singh Tomar clinched the gold in the 50m Rifle 3×40 Men Junior with a junior world record 459.3 score in the final. The earlier world junior record of 458.7 was shot by Filip Nepejchal of the Czech Republic in the Beijing World Cup in April 2019.

About ISSF:
Headquarters: Munich, Germany
Founded: 1907
President: Vladimir Lisin