Esha Singh and Samrat Rana combined to claim silver in the 10m air pistol mixed team event, going down 10-16 to the Chinese pair of Qianxun Yao and Kai Hu in the gold medal match at the ISSF World Championships in Cairo on Tuesday.
Samrat, who had won the individual gold a day earlier ahead of Kai, was in excellent form, but the duo was pulled down by Esha, who only had five scores of 10 or over in the 13 series they shot. Qianxun, who already has two individual golds in the competition so far, added a third to her tally.
The Indians started well to take the first series, but the Chinese raced to a 6-2 lead with the second, third and fourth series. The Indian fought back to win thrice more, but the Chinese pair sealed the gold, winning eight straight points from 9-12 series, with the pairs tied twice.
Earlier in the day, Aishwary Pratap Singh Tomar finished second in the men’s 50m rifle 3P with 466.9 points behind China’s Yukun Liu (467.1) and ahead of France’s Romain Aufrere (454.8). Niraj Kumar, the other Indian in the final, shot 432.6 to end fifth.
The 24-year-old Aishwary had qualified in top spot with a world record equalling 597-40x in the qualifications. He stayed within reach of the top spot in the final and was only 0.1 points adrift after the penultimate shot, but a 9.8 on the last shot to Liu’s 10.1 cost him gold. India is now second on the table behind China with three gold, three bronze and five silver medals.
Published – November 11, 2025 07:04 pm IST
