An all-Czech gold medal match saw Tomas Nantl and Tereza Zaviskova win the last title of the ISSF Junior World Cup in New Delhi, India; beating their teammates Kamil Bednar and Lea Kucerova in the mixed team trap event.
Trailing by two after the first of five rounds, Nantl and Zaviskova then replied strongly with a score of eight, as Bednar and women's individual winner Kucerova could only score five. From there, Nantl and Zaviskova held the lead, scoring nine to Bednar and Kucerova's eight in round three and scoring nine each with one round to go.
With a gap of two, they scored seven, which was enough to stay ahead as their opponents scored eight. Nantl and Zaviskova scored 39, with Bednar and Kucerova finished with 38. The bronze medal went to Spain's Isaac Hernandez and Irene Del Rey Ruiz who won a shoot-off with Luca Gerri and Sofia Gori of Italy after the teams finished on 40 points each. The Italians mounted a comeback to bring it level, but would score six to Spain's seven, meaning they finished fourth.
In the women's 25m pistol event, AIN athlete Aleksandra Tikhonova took the gold medal, providing a great showing of consistency to finish with a total of 33, to silver medallist Tejaswani's 30.
Trailing by two after the first of five rounds, Nantl and Zaviskova then replied strongly with a score of eight, as Bednar and women's individual winner Kucerova could only score five. From there, Nantl and Zaviskova held the lead, scoring nine to Bednar and Kucerova's eight in round three and scoring nine each with one round to go.
With a gap of two, they scored seven, which was enough to stay ahead as their opponents scored eight. Nantl and Zaviskova scored 39, with Bednar and Kucerova finished with 38. The bronze medal went to Spain's Isaac Hernandez and Irene Del Rey Ruiz who won a shoot-off with Luca Gerri and Sofia Gori of Italy after the teams finished on 40 points each. The Italians mounted a comeback to bring it level, but would score six to Spain's seven, meaning they finished fourth.
In the women's 25m pistol event, AIN athlete Aleksandra Tikhonova took the gold medal, providing a great showing of consistency to finish with a total of 33, to silver medallist Tejaswani's 30.
Aleksandra Tikhonova impressed in the women's 25m pistol finalTikhonova was a contender from the off - running level with Italian Alessandra Fait at the end of the first competition stage, with a two-shot gap back to Tejaswani and fellow Indian Riya Shirish Thatte. A mix of excellent shooting and a difficult series for Fait gave Tikhonova a lead of two as the elimination stage started. Tejaswani started to close the gap from three back, taking over Fait and drawing level with 10 targets to go.
By this point, Fait was two behind and after a close battle, would finish third, one shot back from Tejaswani, who scored three to Tikhonova's four. With a one-shot gap, Tikhonova outscored the Indian by two to confirm the win.
In the men's 25m pistol, Mukesh Nelavalli won the gold medal, scoring a total of 585 from 600. This time, he finished ahead of the AIN athlete Aleksandr Kovalev, who defeated him in the 25m rapid fire pistol final.
Kovalev was on par with Nelavalli in the rapid stage, but would lose ground in the precision stage, finishing with 577. Sahil Choudhary defeated his Indian teammate Sameer for the bronze medal, after both scored 573. Choudhary would be awarded third based on scoring 21 precise shots to Sameer's 19.
By this point, Fait was two behind and after a close battle, would finish third, one shot back from Tejaswani, who scored three to Tikhonova's four. With a one-shot gap, Tikhonova outscored the Indian by two to confirm the win.
In the men's 25m pistol, Mukesh Nelavalli won the gold medal, scoring a total of 585 from 600. This time, he finished ahead of the AIN athlete Aleksandr Kovalev, who defeated him in the 25m rapid fire pistol final.
Kovalev was on par with Nelavalli in the rapid stage, but would lose ground in the precision stage, finishing with 577. Sahil Choudhary defeated his Indian teammate Sameer for the bronze medal, after both scored 573. Choudhary would be awarded third based on scoring 21 precise shots to Sameer's 19.
Medal standings
| Rank | Nation | Individual | Team | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gold | Silver | Bronze | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total | ||
| 1 | IND | 6 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 26 | |
| 2 | AIN | 5 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 12 | ||
| 3 | ITA | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | |||
| 4 | CZE | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | ||||
| 5 | CRO | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||
| 6 | ESP | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | ||||
| 7 | FIN | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||
| 8 | CYP | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||
| 8 | IRI | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||
| 15 | 15 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 54 | ||