USA Taking pictures Opens 2025 Junior Pan Am Video games With 4 Medals; Suman Sanghera Champion
By Brittany Nelson, USAS Public Relations & Communications Supervisor
COLO SPRGS, CO (Aug 11, 2025) – USA Taking pictures has earned a powerful 4 medals on Aug. 10 on the 2025 Junior Pan American Video games, with Suman Sanghera claiming the primary gold medal for capturing sports activities in Asunción, Paraguay.
Held each 4 years, the Junior Pan American Video games characteristic athletes from North, Central and South America.
USA Taking pictures medalists from Aug. 10 embody the next:
Sanghera earned a spot within the Ladies’s 10m Air Pistol last by putting first in qualification the place she set a brand new Junior Pan American Video games report with a rating of 572-18x, beating the earlier report by 5 factors. The Nice Falls, Virginia, native went on to say gold within the last the place she broke one other report with a rating of 237.2. Sanghera topped the rostrum by besting Sofia Ibarra of Mexico, who positioned second, and Josefina Mella of Argentina, who completed third.
“It’s an honor to lift the flag, and I’m very proud to have represented my nation nicely,” stated Sanghera.
Burns, of Ingram, Texas, earned his silver medal by outshooting Rodrigo Moyano of Chile who earned bronze. Within the last, Burns was joined by U.S. teammate Westley Kiter who completed robust in fourth place. Burns’ medal provides to his 2025 success, which incorporates two medals on the Junior CAT Video games earlier this 12 months.
Hensley and Layne continued the robust displaying for shotgun with two extra medals for Group USA. Hensley, a Shelbyville, Tennessee, native, has been stacking up medals this season, including to a world assortment that features a bronze on the 2025 Junior CAT Video games. Layne is one other instance of Group USA’s shotgun energy. With a number of worldwide medals, the Columbia, Tennessee, native continues to climb the ranks in her capturing profession.
The 2025 Junior Pan American Video games proceed by Aug. 12 for capturing sports activities. View all official outcomes right here.
