May 14, 2025: India has announced a 36-member contingent to participate in the 2025 ISSF Junior World Cup, scheduled to take place in Suhl, Germany, from May 19-27. Eight of these 36 shooters have trained at the Gun for Glory academy, which is run by the 2012 Olympics bronze medallist Gagan Narang in Pune.
These eight athletes are Naraen Pranav, Mukesh Nelavalli, Anushka Thokur, Prachi Gaikwad, K. Tanishq Naidu (RPO), Sagnik Banerjee (RPO), Melvina Angeline Joel (RPO), and Vedant Waghmare (RPO). All these athletes have trained under Project Leap, a sponsored project designed in collaboration with Olympic Gold Quest for selected shooters to improve their performance in the physical, mental and technical aspects of the sport. Started in 2017, the project has already held more than 60 camps.
While Naraen will participate in the 10m Air Rifle Junior Men’s and Junior Mixed Team events, Mukesh, Tanishq, and Sagnik will represent India in the 25m Rapid Fire Pistol Junior Men’s event. Anushka, Prachi, and Melvina will participate in the 50m 3P Junior Women’s category, with Vedant competing in the 50m 3P Junior Men’s event.
“We are incredibly proud of our athletes who will be competing at the ISSF Junior World Cup. Their hard work, talent, and unwavering dedication reflect the core values of our academy and foundation. We believe that they have the potential to achieve great success and make India proud. I would like to extend my best wishes to these athletes as they embark on this challenging and exciting journey,” said the former Indian shooter Gagan Narang.
“I am incredibly grateful to the Gagan Narang Sports Promotion Foundation for their unwavering support as I prepare for the ISSF Junior World Cup. Their guidance and resources have been instrumental in my journey, and I am honored to represent India on this prestigious platform. I hope to make my country and my mentors proud,” said Anushka as she gets ready to shine on the global platform.
About Gagan Narang Sports Promotion Foundation and Gun For Glory Shooting Academy:
The Gagan Narang Sports Promotion Foundation (GNSPF), founded by Olympic medalist Gagan Narang and the esteemed Pawan Singh, is renowned for its Gun For Glory Shooting Academy, the largest shooting academy in the country. GNSPF’s notable achievements include producing 9 Olympians and winning over 350 international medals. With 15 centers across 8 states and UTs , the Foundation offers curriculum based training programs for different levels, cutting-edge shooting centers, comprehensive training programs from foundational to elite levels, and a supportive ecosystem that nurtures talent. As a Khelo India-accredited institution, GNSPF also provides a 100% training scholarship program for Rifle and Pistol in collaboration with OGQ every year under it’s flagship program Project Leap and Para Project Leap where selected athletes gets access to Foreign expertise, personalized sports science staff, psychology testing, pellet testing, gunsmith etc. For their remarkable work, Gagan Narang Sports Promotion Foundation (GNSPF) was awarded the prestigious Rashtriya Khel Protsahan Puraskar at the Arjuna Awards ceremony in 2019.
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