Shambhavi Kshirsagar and Divyanshu Dewangan won the gold medal and set a new world record with a final score of 499.9. | Photo Credit: SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT

India’s 10m air rifle mixed team pairing of Shambhavi Kshirsagar and Divyanshu Dewangan won the competition with a junior world record score of 499.9, as India claimed a fourth gold at the International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF) Junior World Cup Rifle/Pistol/Shotgun in Cairo, Egypt on Friday.

The pair had earlier topped the qualification round with a combined 632.0. Chinese Taipei’s Tsai Chieh-Ying and Chen You-An won silver with 498.3, while the French pairing of Tifenn Pomes and Gaspard Lesieur took bronze with 434.4.

In the 25m rapid-fire pistol men’s junior event, Sameer made the final with a score of 573 in qualifying, which placed him second. France’s Arnaud Gamaleri posted a table-topping 589, equalling the junior world record. Sameer eventually finished seventh, scoring seven hits in the first three five-shot series of the eight-series final. Gamaleri went on to take gold with 29 hits.

India now has 12 medals from the Cairo Junior World Cup and leads the medal tally with four gold, five silver and three bronze medals, with two days of competition remaining and six gold medals yet to be decided.

Published on Apr 24, 2026