Yugan Sakthivel Muthukumaar Wins Gold in Men's Trap at ISSF Junior World Cup Shotgun 2026

Indian shooter Yugan Sakthivel Muthukumaar has secured the gold medal in the men's trap event at the ISSF Junior World Cup Shotgun 2026 in Porpetto, Italy. The 15-year-old also won India's first medal at this competition.

Yugan Sakthivel Performance in ISSF Junior World Cup Shotgun 2026

Yugan entered the eight-shooter final in sixth place with a score of 114 out of 125. He earned his spot in the medal round by winning a shoot-off. In the final, he hit 27 out of 30 targets and beat Italy's Francesco Tanfoglio by just one target.

Other Indian results at the event:

• Men's trap qualification: Arjun and Vinay Pratap Singh Chandrawat finished 12th and 13th with 112 each. Udhav Singh Rathore was 16th with 111.
• Women's trap: Junior Asian champion Sabeera Haris was the only Indian to reach the final. She qualified sixth with 108 after a shoot-off and also finished sixth in the final, hitting nine of 15 targets. Bhavya Tripathi and Krishika Joshi missed the final by a narrow margin, scoring 105 each to place ninth and 10th.
• Skeet events: No Indian shooter reached the final in the junior men's or women's skeet.

ISSF Junior World Cup Shotgun 2026

1. Venue: Porpetto, Italy
2. Dates: 12 to 20 September 2026
3. Participants: 218 athletes from 30 member federations
4. Series position: This is the second ISSF Junior World Cup of the year.
5. Record: Greece's Pontikis equalled the junior world record in the opening days of the finals.
6. Final medal event: The junior mixed team trap will close the tournament.

The first Junior World Cup of the year was held in Cairo, Egypt, in April 2026, with rifle, pistol and shotgun events. India topped the medal tally there with 16 medals: five gold, six silver and five bronze. Zuhair Khan and Addya Katyal won India's only shotgun medal in Cairo, a bronze in mixed trap.