Indian shooter Adriyan Karmakar clinched the silver medal in the men's 50m rifle prone event at the 2025 ISSF Junior World Cup in Suhl, Germany. This marks India's first medal at the tournament and sets a new junior national record.

Key Points:

• Adriyan Karmakar secured silver in the men's 50m rifle prone event with a score of 626.7, narrowly missing gold by 0.3 points to Sweden's Jesper Johansson.
• His performance set a new junior national record in the 50m rifle prone category.
• This medal opened India's tally at the 2025 ISSF Junior World Cup.
• Adriyan is the son of Olympian Joydeep Karmakar, who won silver in the same discipline at the 2010 ISSF World Cup in Sydney.
• The 20-year-old shooter had previously represented India at the junior world championships but was making his debut at a World Cup event.