Indian Shooters ends ISSF World Cup Final 2024 Campaign with 4 medals
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Indian shooters finished their ISSF World Cup Final 2024 campaign with 4 medals -2 silver and 2 bronze. In the previous edition of the ISSF World Cup Final 2023 held in Doha, Qatar, Anish Bhanwala won India’s only medal winner in the men’s 25m rapid-fire pistol event.
The season-ending ISSF World Cup Final 2024 was held at the Dr Karni Singh Shooting Range in New Delhi from 13 to 18 October 2024. It included competition in the rifle, pistol, and shotgun categories.
New Delhi was hosting the ISSF World Cup final for the second time, having hosted it in 2017.
Indian Participation
A 23-member Indian shooting team participated in the ISSF World Cup Final 2024 in New Delhi. However, the 2024 Paris Olympic medal winners Manu Bhaker, Swapnil Kusale, and Sarabjot Singh did not participate in the New Delhi event.
At the 2024 Paris Summer Olympics, Manu Bhaker won bronze in the women’s 10m air pistol, and Swapnil Kusale won a bronze in the men's 50 m rifle 3 positions categories.
Sarabjot Singh and Manu Bhaker won bronze in the 10-meter air pistol mixed team category.
India medal winners
Sonam Maskar won India's first medal, a silver medal in the women’s 10m air rifle shooting event. This was Sonam’s third medal at the 2024 ISSF World Cup. At the 2024 ISSF World Cup in Cairo, Sonam and Arjun Babuta won a silver medal in the 10m air rifle mixed team event. Sonam also claimed an individual silver medal in the 10m air rifle.
Vivaan Kapoor won a silver medal in the men’s skeet event. It was the first-ever medal for Vivaan Kapoor in the senior shooting events.
Akhil Sheoran won the bronze medal in the men’s 50m rifle 3 positions shooting event.
Analjaeet Singh Naruka won the final medal for India, a bronze medal in the men’s trap event.
ISSF World Cup Final
The world’s shooting governing body, the International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF), organises a series of shooting events in the rifle, pistol, and shotgun categories in a calendar year known as the World Cup. It also holds a season-ending World Cup Finals where the top-performing shooters of the World Cup, Olympic Champions (if it is an Olympic year), and some wild card entry shooters participate.
The first ISSF World Cup Final was held in 1988 in Munich, Germany.
The World Cup Final was held annually till 2017. After 2017, it has been every alternate year.
New Delhi has hosted two ISSF World Cup Finals in 2017 and 2024.
About International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF)
The International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF) was founded in Zurich, Switzerland in 1907.
It is the world governing body of shooting events in the Olympics and non-Olympic games.
Members: 149 countries/territories
President: Luciano Rossi of Italy
Headquarters: Munich, Germany
