Current Affairs - Shooting

International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF) Junior World Cup 2022 was held at Suhl in Germany.

• The Indian team came in first position overall. They won 33 medals (13 gold, 15 silver, and 5 bronze).
• With four gold medals, Italy came in second place.

India won five medals in the inaugural ISSF President’s Cup held at the Wroclaw in Poland.

Winners & Category

• Manu Bhaker: Gold (25m Rapid Fire pistol Mixed Team competition & 10m air pistol mixed team competition)
• Rahi Sarnobat: Silver (Women’s 25m pistol silver individual competition)
• Saurabh Chaudhary: Silver (Men’s 10m Air Pistol individual competition)
• Abhishek Verma: Bronze (Men’s 10m Air Pistol individual competition)

• India won 43 medals to finish on top in the ISSF Junior World Championship held in Lima (Capital of Peru).
• India concluded the meet with 17 Gold, 16 silver and 10 bronze medals.
• The USA finished second on the medal table with 21 medals including six gold, eight-silver and six bronze.
• Manu Bhaker was the most successful Indian athlete who won four-gold and one bronze medal.

• In ISSF World Cup shooting, India’s Rahi Sarnobat won gold in women’s 25 metres pistol event in Osijek, Croatia.
• Manu Bhaker, the other Indian in fray, finished seventh in the eight-competitor final.
• Mathilde Lamolle of France won silver while Russia’s Vitalina Batsarashkina took home bronze.

• In ISSF World Cup shooting at Osijek in Croatia, India’s Manu Bhaker and Saurabh Chaudhary clinched silver in the 10 metres air pistol mixed team event.
• The pair lost 12-16 to Russia’s Vitalina Batsarashkina and Artem Chernousov who won the gold medal.