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ISSF World Cup Lima 2025: China topped; India Secures Third Place with 7 Medals

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The International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSFRifle/Pistol and Shotgun (RPSH) World Cup (WC) 2025 was held in Lima, Peru, from 13th to 22nd April 2025, attracting around 400 shooters from 43 countries.

  • India finished third on the medal tally with 7 medals (2 gold, 4 silver, 1 bronze), behind China (13 medals) and the United States of America (USA) (7 medals).
  • This was the second WC of the 2025 ISSF season, following the first event in Buenos Aires, Argentina (1st–10th April 2025), where India secured 8 medals (4 gold, 2 silver, 2 bronze), finishing second behind China.

Note: The third leg of the ISSF World Cup 2025 will be held in Nicosia, Cyprus, from May 3 to 12, 2025.

Highlights:

i.India’s 42-member contingent to the ISSF WC Lima 2025 was the second largest after China (46).

ii.Suruchi Singh won the gold medal in women’s 10m air pistol by defeating a double Olympic medalist, Manu Bhaker.

iii.In the 10m air pistol mixed team, Suruchi Singh and Saurabh Chaudhary won the gold medal by defeating Hu Kai and Yao Qianxun of China.

iv.In the women’s 25m air pistol final, Simranpreet Kaur Brar secured her first-ever ISSF World Cup medal, winning the silver with a score of 33 hits, finishing behind China’s Sun Yujie.

v.Gold medalists from the Lima event have qualified for the season-ending ISSF World Cup Final (WCF) 2025, scheduled to be held in Doha, Qatar, from December 4 to 9, 2025.

Top 3 Medal Winners at the ISSF World Cup Lima 2025:

RankCountryGold MedalSilver MedalBronze MedalTotal Medals
1China43613
2United States of America, USA4217
3India2417

Indian Medal Winners at the ISSF World Cup Lima 2025:

Name of the PlayerEventMedal
Suruchi Inder SinghWomen’s 10-meter (m) Air PistolGold
Suruchi Inder Singh & Saurabh ChaudharyMixed 10m Air PistolGold
Manu BhakerWomen’s 10m Air PistolSilver
Arjun BabutaMen’s 10m Air RifleSilver
Simranpreet Kaur BrarWomen’s 25m Air PistolSilver
Rudrannksh Patil & Arya BorseMixed 10m Air RifleSilver
Saurabh ChaudharyMen’s 10m Air PistolBronze

About ISSF World Cup :

i.The ISSF World Cup is an annual series of competitions organized by the ISSF.

ii.ISSF organizes 4 World Cups annually (3 in Olympic years).

iii.The top shooters from these events qualify for the ISSF WCF, which has been held every alternate year since 2017.

iv.The inaugural ISSF World Cup was held in 1986 in Mexico City, Mexico.

Prize Money:

Each medal winner at the WCF will be awarded the following prize money:

  • Gold Medal (1st Place): 5,000 Euro
  • Silver Medal (2nd Place): 4,000 Euro
  • Bronze Medal (3rd Place): 2,000 Euro

About International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF):
President – Luciano Rossi (Italy)
Headquarters – Munich, Germany
Established – 1907