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Adriyan Karmakar sets junior national record, opens India's medal tally at Suhl

Suhl (Germany), May 20 (UNI) Adriyan Karmakar, son of Olympian and Arjuna awardee Joydeep Karmakar, clinched the silver medal in the men’s 50m rifle prone event at the ISSF Junior World Cup 2025 here on Tuesday, registering India’s first medal of the competition.
Making his debut at an ISSF World Cup, the 20-year-old shot a stellar 626.7 – a new junior national record – narrowly missing the gold by 0.3 points to Sweden’s Jesper Johansson, who scored 627.0. Griffin Lake of the United States took the bronze with 624.6.
Adriyan, a former Khelo India Youth Games gold medallist and junior national champion in the rifle 3-position event, delivered a composed performance, emerging as one of the earliest finishers in the event that saw stiff international competition.
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