4 min readJun 21, 2026 11:07 PM IST Back in 2021, when Pritam Kendre along with his father Tukaram Kendre watched Neeraj Chopra win the Olympic gold in Tokyo Olympics on TV, Pritam would sit down with his father with a notebook making a list of Olympic sports. The father-son duo would narrow down their choice to shooting. On Sunday, when the 16-year-old won the men’s 10m air rifle title in ISSF World Junior Championships in Suhl, Germany, Kendre Sr was looking at the same list. “When Neeraj Chopra won the Olympic title, Pritam was motivated to take up sports and sat down with me to make the list of sports and chose shooting. Prior to that, apart from studies, he loved watching cartoons like Shin Chan, Doraemon and Chota Bheem. As he won the world junior title today, I am sure Pritam would once again watch Neeraj’s video of winning the Olympic title and dream about winning an Olympic gold some day,” shares Tukaram Kendre while speaking with The Indian Express. Kendre Sr, then …