Indian Women's 25m pistol won Historic Gold Medal at ISSF World Junior Championships

By: WE Staff | Thursday, 7 October 2021

At the ISSF World Junior Championships in Lima, Peru, the Indian women's 25m pistol team earned a historic gold medal. Manu Bhaker, Rhythm Sangwan, and Naamya Kapoor won the gold medal by defeating Abbie Russell Leverett, Katelyn Morgan Abelin, and Ada Claudia Korkhin of the United States 16-4.

With 9 gold medals, 7 silver medals, and 3 bronze medals, India presently leads the medal tally at the Championships.

Naamya Kapoor was previously unknown in the country. Despite making the junior team in August, the ninth-grade kid remained virtually unknown in the shooting community. She also made the National Rifle Association of India's phone line ring after she won gold at the ISSF Junior World Championships in Lima, Peru. Naamya Kapoor, 14, had earlier won gold in the women's 25m pistol solo event, defeating compatriot Manu Bhaker.

When Naamya, 14, won the women's 25m pistol gold on Monday, she became the youngest Indian shooter to win an international medal.

Naamya, the youngest of the eight finalists, defeated numerous seasoned shooters, including Manu Bhaker, on her route to the gold.

Naamya won the gold medal with a score of 36, defeating Camille Jedrzejewski, 19, of France, who took silver with a score of 33. After finishing in third place with a score of 31, Manu had to settle for bronze. She had previously won two gold medals in the 10m air pistol individual, mixed team, and team events.

Manu Bhaker is an Indian olympian who plays airgun shooting. She won gold in the 10m air pistol mixed event at all four Pistol & Rifle ISSF World Cups in 2019, putting her and her partner Saurabh Chaudhry in contention for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.

She earned two gold medals while representing India at the 2018 ISSF World Cup. She is the first and only Indian woman to win gold at the ISSF World Cup. She won gold in the women's 10 m air pistol event at the 2018 Commonwealth Games, despite the fact that she was just 16 years old at the time.