India finishes 2nd after China at the ISSF World Cup Buenos Aires 2025

Indian shooters finished their campaign at the ISSF World Cup  Buenos Aires 2025 with 8 medals - four gold, two silver, and two bronze - to finish second behind China on the medal tally. 

The ISSF World Cup/Rifle/Shotgun was held at the Argentinian capital, Buenos Aires, from 1-10 April 2025. The World Cup was organised by the International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF), the world governing body of the sport.

Two bronze medal winners in the 2024 Paris Olympics, Manu Bhaker, failed to win a single medal at the Buenos Aires event. Swapnil Kusale and Sarabjot Singh, who won the bronze medal at the Paris 2024 Olympics, also did not compete in Buenos Aires.

Medal winners for India 

India won 8 medals -  four gold, two silver, and two bronze medals at the Buenos Aires event.

Gold medal 

• Vijayveer Sidhu became the first Indian ever to win a gold medal in the men’s 25m rapid fire pistol event in ISSF World Cup history.
• Sift Kaur Samra in the women’s 50m rifle 3 positions event
• Rudrankksh Patil in the men’s 10m air rifle event
• Suruchi Singh in the women’s 10m air pistol event

Silver Medal winners

• Esha Singh in the women’s 25m pistol event
• Arya Borse/Rudrankksh Patil  in the mixed 10m air rifle  event

Bronze medal winner 

• Saurabh Chaudhary/Suruchi Singh in the 10m air pistol mixed team  event
• Chain Singh in the men’s 50m rifle 3 positions event

Final Medal tally at the Buenos Aires Event

A total of 410 shooters from 45 National Shooting Federations participated in the  ISSF World Cup Buenos Aires 2025. 

A total of 14 countries won medals at the ISSF World Cup Buenos Aires 2025. 

China finished at the top of the medal tally with 11 medals -  five gold, three silver, and three bronze.

India finished second with 8 medals. 

Following is the list of the top 10 medal-winning countries.

ISSF World Cup 

The ISSF World, organised by ISSF, is an annual sporting event.

Every year, four World Cups are organised, and in a Summer Olympic year, three World Cups are organised.

The world’s top male and female shooters participate in these World Cups and earn valuable points. The top eight shooters with the maximum points play in the World Cup finals, along with wild card entries.

Since 2017, the World Cup Final has been held every alternate year.

ISSF organises the World Cup for rifle and pistol events, and a separate World Cup for Shotgun events, every year.

The first ISSF World Cup was organised in 1986 at Mexico City in Mexico, and since 1988, season-ending World Cup finals have been organised.

World Cup 2025 Schedule 

The following is the schedule of the World Cup to be held in 2025