As part of the massive ISSF World Championships, a full set of World Junior Championships were held for men, women and mixed teams at Changwon (KOR).
The big winner on the junior level was China, with 11 gold-medal performances, followed by India (9) and Italy (4). The U.S. also did well, winning four men’s medals and six in the women’s division for a total of 10. Summaries:
ISSF World Junior Championships
Changwon (KOR) ~ 31 August-15 September 2018
(Full results here)
Men
10 m Air Pistol: 1. Chaudhary Saurabh (IND), 245.5 (World Junior Record); 2. Hojin Lim (KOR), 243.1; 3. Arjun Cheema (IND), 218.0.
10 m Air Pistol/Team: 1. Korea, 1,732 (World Junior Record); 2. India, 1,730; 3. Russia, 1,711. Also: 10. United States (Jack Leverett, Henry Leverett, Kyler Swisher), 1,685.
25 m Rapid Fire Pistol: 1. Haojie Zhu (CHN), 35 (World Junior Record); 2. Jaekyoon Lee (KOR), 29; 3. Zhipeng Cheng (CHN), 24. Also: 4. Henry Leverett (USA), 21.
25 m Rapid Fire Pistol/Team: 1. China, 1,747 (World Junior Record); 2. Korea, 1,719; 3. Poland, 1,706. Also: 7. United States (J. Leverett, H. Leverett, Paul Kang), 1,692.
25 m Standard Pistol: 1. Vijarveer Sidhu (IND), 572; 2. Gunhyeok Lee (KOR), 570; 3. H. Zhu (CHN), 565. Also: 5. J. Leverett (USA), 563.; … 28. Ryan Yi (USA), 538; 29. Kevin Bennett (USA), 500.
25 m Standard Pistol/Team: 1. India, 1,695; 2. Korea, 1,693; 3. Czech Rep., 1,674. Also: 9. United States (J. Leverett, Yi, Bennett), 1,601.
25 m Pistol: 1. Udhayveer Sidhu (IND), 587; 2. Henry Leverett (USA), 584; 3. J. Lee (KOR), 582. Also: 6. J. Leverett (USA), 578; … 29. Yi (USA), 558.
25 m Pistol/Team: 1. India, 1,736; 2. China, 1,730; 3. Korea, 1,721. Also: 4. United States (H. Leverett, J. Leverett, Yi), 1,720.
50 m Pistol: 1. Cheema (IND), 559; 2. Woojong Kim (KOR), 554; 3. Gaurav Rana (IND), 551. Also: 26. Sam Gens (USA), 526; … 30. Bernard Melus (USA), 502; 31. Paul Kang (USA), 501.
50 m Pistol/Team: 1. India, 1,659; 2. Korea, 1,640; 3. China, 1,627. Also: 7. United States (Gens, Melus, Kang), 1,529.
10 m Air Rifle: 1. Hriday Hazarika (IND), 250.1; 2. Amir Mohammad Nekounam (IRI), 250.1 (shoot-off, 10.3-10.2); 3. Gigorii Shamakov (RUS), 228.6.
10 m Air Rifle/Team: 1. China, 1.876.2 (World Junior Record); 2. Iran, 1,874.3; 3. Russia, 1,873.7. Also: 10. United States (Shaner, Ogden, Sanchez), 1,854.7.
50 m Rifle/3 Positions: 1. Nekounam (IRI), 455.5; 2. Zalan Pekler (HUN), 455.0; 3. Bo Cao (CHN), 442.9.
50 m Rifle/3 Positions/Team: 1. China, 3,467; 2. Russia, 3,455; 3. Hungary, 3,452. Also: 8. United States (Shaner, Fiori, Buchanan), 3,422.
50 m Rifle/Prone: 1. Benjamin Karlsen (NOR), 619.7; 2. Zalan Pekler (HUN), 619.1; 3. William Shaner (USA), 618.2.
50 m Rifle/Prone/Team: 1. Norway, 1,852.5; 2. Austria, 1,846.1; 3. Russia, 1,845.6. Also: 10. United States (Shaner, Liao, Peiser), 1,828.5.
Skeet: 1. Elia Sdruccioli (ITA), 55; 2. Nic Moschetti (USA), 54; 3. Gurnihal Garcha (IND), 46.
Skeet/Team: 1. Czech Rep., 356; 2. India, 355; 3. Italy, 354. Also: 6. United States (Moschetti, Eli Christman, Alexander Ahlin), 346.
Trap: 1. Nathan Argiro (AUS), 42; 2. Logan Lucas (USA), 41; 3. Lorenzo Ferrari (ITA), 31.
Trap/Team: Australia, 348; 2. India, 348; 3. Italy, 346. Also: 4. United States (Lucas, Dale Royer, Mick Wertz), 343.
Women
10 m Air Pistol: 1. Sevval Tarhan (TUR), 237.9; 2. Gaeun Choo (KOR), 234.5; 3. Lizi Kiladze (GEO), 213.6.
10 m Air Pistol/Team: 1. Korea, 1,700; 2. Mongolia, 1,698; 3. Russia, 1,693. Also: 9. United States (Sarah Choe, Katelyn Abeln, Kellie Foster), 1,685.
25 m Pistol: 1. Xiaoyu Wang (CHN), 37; 2. Katelyn Abeln (USA), 27; 3. Anna Dedova (CZE), 25. Also: 6. Sarah Choe (USA), 11.
25 m Pistol/Team: 1. Korea, 1,723; 2. China, 1,717; 3. Hungary, 1,714. Also: 4. United States (Choe, Abeln, Abie Leverett), 1,712.
10 m Air Rifle: 1. Mengyao Shi (CHN), 250.5; 2. Elavenil Valarivan (IND), 249.8; 3. Shreya Agrawal (IND), 228.4.
10 m Air Rifle/Team: 1. India, 1,880.7 (World Junior Record); 2. China, 1,874.6; 3. Korea, 1,871.9. Also: 8. United States (Stith, Marsh, Osborn), 1,864.3.
50 m Rifle/3 Positions: 1. Hong Xu (CHN), 456.6; 2. Jade Bordet (FRA), 455.5; 3. Maria Ivanova (RUS), 443.2. Also: 4. Morgan Phillips (USA), 434.3.
50 m Rifle/3 Positions/Team: 1. China, 3,474; 2. United States (Phillips, Elizabeth Marsh, Kristen Hemphill), 3,461; 3. Russia, 3,458.
50 m Rifle/Prone: 1. Qiaoying Zhang (CHN), 622.2; 2. Rebecca Koeck (AUT), 619.5; 3. Aleksandra Szutko (POL), 619.3. Also: 5. Phillips (USA), 618.8.; … 19. Katie Zaun (USA), 614.2; … 25. Elizabeth Marsh (USA), 613.3
50 m Rifle/Prone/Team: 1. Austria, 1,855.0; 2. China, 1,847.0; 3. United States (Phillips, Zaun, Marsh), 1,846.3.
Skeet: 1. Yufei Che (CHN), 53 (World Junior Record); 2. Zhenghi Song (CHN), 51; 3. Austin Smith (USA), 43. Also: 6. Samantha Simonton (USA), 16.
Skeet/Team: 1. China, 349 (World Junior Record); 2. United States (Simonton, Smith, Katharina Jacob), 345; 3. Russia, 334.
Trap: 1. Erica Sessa (ITA), 41; 2. Manisha Keer (IND), 41 (both equal World Junior Record; shoot-off, 1-0); 3. Daria Semianova (RUS), 31.
Trap/Team: 1. Italy, 352 (World Junior Record); 2. China, 327; 3. United States (Emma Williams, Carey Garrison, Madelynn Bernau), 326.
Mixed
10 m Air Pistol/Team: 1. Gaeun Choo/Yunho Sung (KOR), 483.0 (World Junior Record); 2. Hyun-young Yoo/Hojin Lim (KOR), 473.1; 3. Abhidnya Patil/Chaudhary Saurabh (IND), 407.3.
10 m Air Rifle/Team: 1. Sofia Benetti/ Marco Suppini (ITA), 499.0 (World Junior Record); 2. Sadeghian Armina/Amir Nekounam (IRI), 497.7; 3. Shreya Agrawal/Divyansh Panwar (IND), 435.0.
Trap/Team: 1. Erica Sassa/Lorenzo Ferrari (ITA), 42 (World Junior Record); 2. Maria Palmitessa/Matteo Marongiu (ITA), 35; 3. Wendi Gao/Yiliu Ouyang (CHN), 29. Also: 5. Emma Williams/Logan Lucas (USA), 21.
