By Brittany Nelson, USAS Public Relations & Communications Supervisor
COLO SPRGS, CO (Could 24, 2025) – Braden Peiser, of San Angelo, Texas, earned a silver medal in Junior Males’s 10m Air Rifle after an thrilling closing Could 24 on the 2025 Worldwide Taking pictures Sports activities Federation (ISSF) Junior Suhl World Cup.
“It feels good. That is the primary Junior World Cup I’ve been in a position to attend. It has been nice,” stated Peiser. “I’m glad I’ve been in a position to make the most of the alternatives that I used to be given.”
Peiser delivered a standout efficiency in qualification, incomes his spot within the closing with a rating of 632. He continued to excel within the closing, the place he secured the silver medal with a powerful closing rating of 250. Peiser edged out India’s Naraen Pranav Vanitha Suresh, who in the end took bronze. Peiser’s teammate Griffin Lake, who earned a bronze medal on the World Cup earlier this week, additionally certified for the ultimate, the place he completed fifth. View official outcomes right here.
“The competitiveness of the finals is what I like,” stated Peiser, a rifle athlete on the College of Kentucky. Having that yo-yoing or chasing, I take pleasure in that so much. I don’t know what (the competitor) goes to shoot, and all I can management is what I’m doing and hope that it’s one of the best or adequate. It was enjoyable and really unpredictable on which manner it was going to go.”
The vitality within the finals corridor introduced a vigorous dynamic to the match, with an electrical crowd cheering all through the competitors.
“It was most likely the loudest closing I’ve ever shot in,” stated Peiser. “As soon as I grew to become snug with it and accepted that that is the way it’s going to be, it wasn’t an excessive amount of of a problem. It was actually a enjoyable surroundings.”
Peiser’s silver marks his first Junior World Cup medal and his seventh worldwide medal general. The College of Kentucky rifle athlete was topped Junior Males’s 50m Rifle 3 Positions champion on the 2024 ISSF Junior World Championships final fall in Lima, incomes his first particular person worldwide gold.
Peiser’s most lately certified for the 2025 Junior Pan American Video games U.S. air rifle crew and can be headed to Asunción, Paraguay, this August. The competitors happen each 4 years and options athletes from North, South, and Central American international locations.
The U.S. rifle and pistol junior athletes proceed their competitors in Suhl this week on the Junior World Cup. View the schedule right here.
The U.S. has earned two medals on the Junior World Cup as of Could 24. See beneath:
Griffin Lake: Bronze, Junior Males’s 50m Inclined Rifle
Braden Peiser: Silver, Junior Males’s 10m Air Rifle
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