New Delhi, Sep 26 (UNI) India’s Jonathan Gavin Antony, stole the spotlight on competition day two of the International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF) Junior World Cup Rifle/Pistol/Shotgun New Delhi 2025, dominating the junior men’s 10m air pistol here at the Dr. Karni Singh Shooting Range, eventually striking gold, India’s second in two days, with a score of 244.8 in the final. Jonathan’s effort helped India maintain top billing on the medal table with five nations now winning medals. Earlier in the day, Rashmika Sahgal’s silver in the junior women’s air pistol, meant India finished the day with a tally of two golds, three silver and two bronze medals.
Jonathan was a cut above the junior men’s air pistol field, firing a top class 586 to first top qualifying by a distance and then posted a wire-to-wire finish in the eight-man final, leaving silver winning Italian Luca Arrighi a massive 8.5 behind. Spain’s Lucas Sanchez won bronze.
The Indian shot only four out of his 24 final shots outside the 10-ring with nine others scoring 10.5 or more in a stunning display at the age of 16.
“I relaxed a bit in the end seeing the lead,” he admitted after the final-something which kept him under countryman Saurabh Chaudhary’s junior world record mark by 1.5 points.
In the day’s first final, Individual Neutral Athlete (AIN) Evelina Sheina won gold with an effort of 240.9 in the final. India’s Rashmika Sahgal, began slow but recovered brilliantly to clinch silver with a score of 236.1, while Iran’s Fatemeh Shekari won bronze. Rashmika had shot 573 to qualify for the final in fifth spot.
Other Indian performances on the day
Day two also saw the commencement of the junior men and women’s skeet competition with the first three of five qualifying rounds being played out. India’s Harmehar Lally leads the junior men’s field with two clean rounds of 25 and a tally of 74. A point behind are shooters from Cyprus, Finland and Italy with India’s Jyotiraditya Singh Sisodia lying fifth currently with 72.
Recently crowned Junior Asian Champion Mansi Raghuvanshi of India provisionally topped the junior women’s skeet with a tally of 73 after the first three rounds while also within the top-six qualifying cut was Agrima Kanwar with a tally of 67 hits. Olympian Raiza Dhillon missed 10 targets on the day and was in seventh place currently.
10m air pistol men junior
Chirag Sharma- 578 (2nd in qualification) & 8th in final
Kapil-567 (14th)
Dhairya Prashar-565 (16th)
Vijay Tomar-564 (18th)
10m air pistol women junior
Vanshika Chaudhary-576 (1st in qualification) & 5th in final
Mohini Singh-576 (2nd in qualification) & 6th in final
Lakshita- 573 (6th in qualification & 9th overall)
Urva Chaudhary- 569 (8th in qualification and 10th overall)
Skeet men junior
Atul Singh Rajawat-72 (7th after round 3)
Yashvardhan Singh Rajawat-69 (14th after round 3)
Ishaan Singh Libra-68 (19th)
Skeet women junior
Yashasvi Rathore-65 (8th after round 3)
Shivani Raikwar-64 (10th after round 3)
Day 3
Skeet qualification day 2 is scheduled for tomorrow with 50 more targets, before the finals on Saturday afternoon.
The third day of the competition at ISSF Junior World Cup (September 27, 2025) will feature three finals: the 10m Air Pistol Mixed Team final at 11:00 AM, followed by the Skeet Men’s and Women’s finals at 1:30 PM and 3:00 PM respectively.
