Gold Glory: Indian Men’s Team Triumphs in Rapid Fire Pistol

Indian trio wins team Gold medal at ISSF Junior World Championship 2024 in 25 Men’s Rapid Fire Pistol event. The competition was held in Lima, Peru. The trio was Raajwardan Patil, Mukesh Nelavalli and Harsimar Singh Rattha. 

Highlights

• Raajwardan and Mukesh did make the individual final, but finished fourth and fifth, even as the qualification topper Thomas Chinours (584) of France placed sixth.
• Raajwardhan Paatil finished third in the qualifying round with a score of 579-17x and was followed by Mukesh Nelavalli, who shot 579-15x for fourth place. Harsimar Singh Rattha was 13th with 564-10x.
• The combined score of 1722-42x shot by the three Indian shooters saw them win the gold medal ahead of France (1701-44x) and Poland (1701-36x).
• The Indian trio had a total of 1722 to comfortably finish ahead of France and Poland in the race for team gold.
• USA and Italy followed with two gold medals each, apart from the silver and bronze medals.

Medal Tally

• India continued to reign supreme at the top of the medal tally.
• The People’s Republic of China is second. 
• The USA is third.

About The ISSF Junior World Championship

• The ISSF Junior World Championship was introduced by the International Shooting Sport Federation in 2017. It covers a variety of both Olympic and non-Olympic events in rifle, pistol and shotgun, with individual and team events.
• The ISSF defines a ‘junior’ as an athlete under the age of 21 on December 31 of the competition year.

Contingent

• A 61-member Indian shooting contingent competed at the ISSF Junior World Championship 2024 at the Las Palmas Shooting Range in Lima, Peru from September 27 to October 6.

What is ISSF?

• The International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF) is the governing body of the Olympic shooting events. 
• It also regulates several non-Olympic shooting sport events. 
• The Federation’s activities include regulation of the sport, managing Olympic qualification events and quota places, as well as organization of international competitions such as the ISSF World Cup series and ISSF World Championships.