Asian Games 2026: Anish Bhanwala finishes seventh in men's 25m rapid fire pistol final
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The result ends India’s shooting campaign with 15 medals won in total
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Indian pistol shooter Anish Bhanwala finished seventh in the men’s 25m Rapid Fire Pistol final at the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games 2026, bringing his campaign in the event to a close after three series of the medal round.
Bhanwala had secured his place in the eight-shooter final after finishing ninth in qualification with a total score of 576-17x. He had registered 290-11x in Stage 1 before adding 286 points in Stage 2.
Despite finishing outside the initial top eight, Bhanwala progressed to the final after the two-per-country rule came into effect, with three shooters from South Korea occupying places inside the top eight.
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Entering the final, Bhanwala faced a field that included South Korea’s Gun-hyeok Lee, Seo-yeong Yoon, China’s Lianbofan Su, Indonesia’s Dewa Putu Yadi Suteja, Vietnam’s Quang Huy Pham, Kazakhstan’s Nikita Chiryukin, and Pakistan’s Ghulam Mustafa Bashir.
Bhanwala began the final with three hits in the opening series before adding four hits in the second series to take his tally to seven. He then produced another four hits in the opening series of Stage 2, taking his total to 11 hits.
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The Indian shooter, however, found himself tied on 11 hits with three other competitors. With the shooters’ level on hits, their qualification rankings were used as the tie-breaker. Having entered the final with the lowest qualification ranking among those tied on 11, Bhanwala was eliminated and finished seventh overall.
The result brings India’s and Bhanwala’s individual 25m Rapid Fire Pistol campaigns at the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games to an end.
It also concludes India’s shooting campaign at the 2026 Asian Games, having won a total of 15 medals across various categories.
Where did Anish Bhanwala finish in the 25m Rapid Fire Pistol final at the Asian Games 2026?
Bhanwala finished seventh. He was tied on 11 hits with three other shooters and was eliminated because he had the lowest qualification ranking among them.
How did Anish Bhanwala qualify for the Asian Games 2026 25m Rapid Fire Pistol final?
He finished ninth in qualification with 576-17x. He advanced because the two-per-country rule applied, with three South Korean shooters inside the top eight.
How many medals did India win in shooting at the Asian Games 2026?
India won a total of 15 medals across various categories in shooting. Bhanwala’s seventh-place finish concluded the country’s shooting campaign.
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