Esha Singh, Manu Bhaker, Divya Subbaraju win 25 m pistol team gold at World Championship; no medal in the individual final

India won the women’s 25 m pistol team gold at the ISSF World Championship in Doha on Tuesday, 10 November. Hyderabad’s Esha Singh, Manu Bhaker and Divya Subbaraju together scored 1761 to finish ahead of South Korea (1748) and Vietnam (1745).

Esha led the Indian effort with 590, built on 292 in the precision stage and 298 in the rapid-fire stage, including two perfect series of 100. That placed her third in qualification. Manu shot 587 (289 and 298) to qualify sixth, and Divya added 584.

The individual final later in the day did not bring a second medal. Manu finished fourth with 27 hits, one place short of the podium. Esha was the first of the eight finalists to go out and placed eighth with 11 hits.

South Korea’s Yang Jiin took the gold with 44 hits, a new world record. Vietnam’s Trinh Thu Vinh won silver with 43 and China’s Zhang Yueyue the bronze with 34. The three medallists also secured Los Angeles 2028 Olympic quota places for their countries, so India is still without a quota in this event.

The championship in Doha runs until 14 November.