- Gold for women's 25m pistol team
- Bronze Medal in Men's 50m Rifle Three Positions
- India's medal haul earlier too
Indian shooters added two more medals to the country's medal tally with a strong performance at the ISSF World Championship. In the women's 25m pistol team event, the trio of Esha Singh, Manu Bhakar and Divya Thadigol Subbaraju won gold. Aishwarya Pratap Singh Tomar, Akhil Sheoran and Neeraj Kumar won the bronze medal in men's 50m rifle three position team event. This was India's second gold medal in this tournament.
The Indian team scored a total of 1761-68x in the women's 25m pistol team event at the ongoing event in Doha. The Indian shooters dominated the competition from the start with accurate aim. The Korean team took the silver medal with a score of 1748-66x, while Vietnam won the bronze medal with a score of 1745-54x.
Isha Singh scored the highest score of 590-25x from the Indian team. Manu Bhakar scored 587-24x while Divya Thadigol Subbaraju contributed 584-19x. On the strength of this performance, Isha and Manu also qualified for the individual finals.
However, in the individual final, both of them missed out on a medal. Manu Bhakar finished fourth with 27 hits, while Isha Singh finished eighth with 11 hits. After the team gold medal, both had a chance to medal in the individual event as well; But their challenge ended in the final round.
Men's team also got bronze medal
Indian shooters also did well in men's 50m rifle three position team event. The Indian team of Aishwarya Pratap Singh Tomar, Akhil Sheoran and Neeraj Kumar sealed the bronze medal with a total score of 1751-91x.
The Czech Republic won the gold medal in the event with a score of 1754-92x. Norway took silver with a score of 1752-81x. Aishwarya Pratap Singh Tomar scored 587-33X for India. Both Neeraj Kumar and Akhil Sheoran scored 582-31x and 582-27x respectively.
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India's medal haul earlier too
Indian shooters have already won medals in this event. In the men's 10m air pistol event held on Thursday, Jaipal Malviya showed great composure under pressure to win the silver medal. Also, in the women's 10m air pistol team event, the team of Manu Bhakar, Suruchi Inder Singh and Samyam won the silver medal.
The Indian women's team scored a total of 1738 points in this category. This included 61 inner-10 points. Manu Bhakar led the Indian team with scores of 583-21x. In her fourth series, she scored a perfect 100. Suruchi scored 580-24x while junior world champion Samyam contributed 575-16x.
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In this event, China won the gold medal with a score of 1745-65x, while South Korea won the bronze medal with a score of 1729-49x. In men's 10m air pistol team event, however, the Indian team could not perform as expected. India finished seventh with a score of 1730-58x. Jaipal Malviya entered the finals after finishing third in the individual qualifiers with a score of 585-23x.
Meanwhile, the Indian shooters will be back in action on November 11. The final round of men's 50m rifle three position event is going to be held, and the attention of Indian fans is on it. India will get another chance to increase its medal tally at the World Championships.