Indian trio wins team Gold medal at ISSF Junior World Championship 2024 in 25 Men’s Rapid Fire Pistol event. The competition was held in Lima, Peru. The trio was Raajwardan Patil, Mukesh Nelavalli and Harsimar Singh Rattha.
Raajwardan and Mukesh did make the individual final, but finished fourth and fifth, even as the qualification topper Thomas Chinours (584) of France placed sixth.
Raajwardhan Paatil finished third in the qualifying round with a score of 579-17x and was followed by Mukesh Nelavalli, who shot 579-15x for fourth place. Harsimar Singh Rattha was 13th with 564-10x.
The combined score of 1722-42x shot by the three Indian shooters saw them win the gold medal ahead of France (1701-44x) and Poland (1701-36x).
The Indian trio had a total of 1722 to comfortably finish ahead of France and Poland in the race for team gold.
USA and Italy followed with two gold medals each, apart from the silver and bronze medals.