ISSF World Championship 2026: India fail to bag Olympic quota in women's 25m pistol; win team gold
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Manu Bhaker finished fourth in the final
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Esha Singh, Manu Bhaker and Divya Thadigol Subbaraju won the women’s 25m pistol team gold at the ISSF World Championship 2026 in Doha, giving India their second gold of the championship.
The Indian trio finished with a combined score of 1761-68x, ahead of the Republic of Korea (1748-66x) in silver and Vietnam (1745-54x) in bronze.
Esha top-scored for India with 590-25x, followed by Manu with 587-24x and Divya with 584-19x.
Esha and Manu also qualified for the individual final, where Manu finished fourth with 27 hits, just short of the podium, while Esha ended eighth with 11 hits.
Earlier in the day, the men’s 50m Rifle 3 Positions team of Aishwary Pratap Singh Tomar, Akhil Sheoran and Niraj Kumar claimed bronze with a combined score of 1751-91x.
Czechia won gold with 1754-92x, while Norway took silver with 1752-81x. Aishwary led with 587-33x, followed by Niraj (582-31x) and Akhil (582-27x).
India will be in action again on November 11, with the final of the men’s 50m Rifle 3 Positions event.
Where did Manu Bhaker finish in the women’s 25m pistol event at the ISSF World Championship 2026?
Double Olympic medallist Bhaker finished fourth, coming agonisingly close to securing a quota, after winning three consecutive shoot-offs in the final.
Where did Esha Singh finish in the women’s 25m pistol event at the ISSF World Championship 2026?
Esha had a disappointing final, finishing at the bottom (8th) with a score of 11.
Who bagged the quota places in women’s 25m pistol event at ISSF World Championship 2026?
Thu Vinh Trinh of Vietnam, Jiin Yang of South Korea and China’s Yueyue Zhang won the quotas from the event, with first, second and third finishes respectively.
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