adriyan karmakar

adriyan karmakar, once losing interest in shooting, found renewed passion through his father's guidance. He secured a silver medal in the 50m rifle prone event at the ISSF Junior World Cup in Suhl, Germany. He became the first Indian to achieve this feat. Overcoming equipment issues, he utilised his father's old rifle.

adriyan karmakar, son of former Indian rifle shooter Joydeep Karmakar, made a stellar debut at the ISSF Junior World Cup in Suhl, Germany, securing a silver medal in the 50m rifle prone event. His score of 626.7 not only earned him the first medal for India in the tournament but also set a new junior national record.

Four years ago, a seven-year-old adriyan karmakar was disappointed after his father Joydeep missed out on a 50m rifle prone medal at the London Games.

Way back in 1998, a young Joydeep Karmakar — armed with a new rifle and a freshly-acquired passport — was excited about his first overseas trip after qualifying for the junior world shooting championship in Barcelona.

Aishwary Pratap Singh Tomar secured gold in the men’s 50m rifle 3 Position at the Asian Championships in Kazakhstan, marking his first victory post the Paris Games. Tomar led the final round, finishing just ahead of China's Wenyu Zhao. In the junior category, adriyan karmakar, son of Olympian Joydeep Karmakar, also clinched gold with a new Asian junior record.

India began their ISSF World Championship campaign with a bronze in the women's 25m pistol team junior competition here on Thursday. The trio of Esha Singh, Naamya Kapoor and Vibhuti Bhatia demolished team Germany 17-1 in the bronze medal match to get India on the medal tally on day one of the competition.

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Anushka Thokur, 18, clinched gold in the women’s 50m rifle 3-position at the ISSF Junior World Cup, marking her third gold in two months. Initially taking up shooting in 2019, her passion for the sport and Olympic aspirations ignited after watching Neeraj Chopra win gold in Tokyo.

Former world number one Saurabh Chaudhary's return to the winner's circle was the highlight of the penultimate day while Manu Bhaker also registered back-to-back wins at the national selection trials (5 and 6) for Group A rifle and pistol shooters here on Thursday. Saurabh and Manu, who also topped the women's 25m pistol T6 trials on Wednesday, won the men's and women's 10m air pistol T5 trials respectively.

I banged my fist on the mat in frustration and kissed my rifle in joy the next moment. That's the story of the guy who came fourth," says Joydeep Karmakar, summing up the agony-ecstasy mishmash he felt a couple of weeks ago at the London Games.