In shooting, Indian shooters topped the ISSF Junior World Cup 2026 standings in Cairo with 16 medals: five gold, six silver and five bronze, with two of these coming on the final day. Hemant Burman won silver in the men’s 50 metre rifle 3 positions event with an impressive score of 351.7, while Kazakhstan’s Oleg Noskov, who set a junior world record of 355.6, won gold. Uzbekistan’s Nikita Sokolov took bronze. In the mixed trap team event, Zuhair Khan and Addya Katyal clinched bronze, marking India’s first shotgun podium at the Cairo meet. Hungary won gold with a junior world record score. India fielded 71 shooters, the largest contingent among 284 shooters from 25 federations.
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