16-year-old Jonathan Gavin Antony dominates at ISSF Junior WC to win 10m air pol gold | Sport-others News

16-year-old Jonathan Gavin Antony dominated the men’s 10m air pol field at the ISSF Junior Shooting World Cup to win the gold medal on Friday. He shot 244.8, shooting 21 of 24 shots in the 10s, to win the title with a commanding margin of 8.5 points over the silver medall Luca Arrighi of Italy who shot 236.3.
Spain’s Lucas Sanchez Tome claimed bronze on 215.1 (573-11x). The final also witnessed the tournament’s first shoot-off, where Iran’s Hosein Gohari edged past Italy’s Gabriele Aldo Villani for sixth place, after both were tied on 156.8. The Iranian went on to finish fifth with 174.8 (572-12x). Individual Neutral Athlete Vladislav Makarov (194.3) and Igor Tupitsym (134.9) finished fourth and seventh respectively. India’s Chirag Sharma, who had entered the finals second with 578-15x, finished eighth with 115.6, to complete the final line-up.
The Bengaluru native is on a constant rise in the Indian shooting circles for the past few months. Earlier this year at the National Games in Uttarakhand, he shot a score of 240.7 to win the gold competing in an eight-shooter field consing of Paris Olympics mixed team bronze medall Sarabjot Singh, who finished fourth. “I can say he is a free loading shooter just like Paris Olympics mixed team silver medall Yusuf Dikec of Turkey,” his coach Sharanendra KY told The Indian Express in an earlier interview.
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Rashmika wins silver
In the junior women’s 10m Air Pol final, Individual Neutral Athlete Evelina Shiena delivered a composed performance, leading from start to finish to secure gold with 240.9. India’s Rashmika Sahgal, who had qualified fifth with 573-17x, battled hard but fell short, taking silver with 236.1, 4.8 points behind Evelina.Iran’s Fatemah Shekari, who had qualified eighth with 567-14x, rose to the occasion to secure bronze with 213.8.Among the other Indian finals, Vanshika Chaudhary, who had topped qualification with 576-17x, finished fifth after 18 shots with 174.2, while Mohini Singh, the second-best qualifier with 576-12x, was placed sixth with 153.2.
The skeet competition also began with qualification rounds on day two. Asian Championship silver medall Harmehar Singh Lally led the men’s field with an impressive 74 hits out of 75.He was closely followed Cyprus’s Andreas Pontikis, Finland’s Lassi Akseli Matias, and Italy’s Marco Coco, all with 73 hits.
India’s Jyotiraditya Singh Sisodiya and Atul Singh, along with Czechia’s Alex Petrasek, are in the chasing pack with 72 hits each.
In the junior women’s skeet, reigning Asian champion Mansi Raghuwanshi topped first qualification with 71 hits from 75 targets. She was followed USA’s Chloe Chaleunsinh with 69 and Italy’s world championship silver medall Arianna Nember with 68.
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Individual Neutral Athletes Varvara Zaitseva and Kseniia Shuliak, along with India’s Agrima Kanwar, are tied on 67. Olympian Raiza Dhillon is seventh with 65, alongside Yashasvi Rathore, also on 65.