New Delhi, Nov 12 (IANS) Seasoned Ashi Chouksey and Anjum Moudgil missed out on a place in the final of the women’s 50m rifle 3 positions (3P) after finishing 15th and 17th in qualification in the ISSF World Championships Rifle/Pistol 2025, as Norway’s Jeanette Hegg Duestad became the World Champion at the Olympic Shooting Range in Cairo, Egypt. Switzerland’s 17-year-old Emely Jaeggi won the silver, and Seonaid Mcintosh of Great Britain won the bronze.

India maintained their second position behind China in the medal tally with three gold, five silver, and three bronze medals, while China has eight gold and a total of 15 medals to remain on top of the medal table.

Ashi was the best Indian shooter in qualification with a final score of 588-26x, just one point less than the eighth-placed qualifier in Misaki Nobata of Japan. Anjum shot 587-23x to finish in 17th place. The third Indian in fray, Olympian Sift Kaur Samra, finished in 48th place with a score of 580-28x.

Duestad, who has been in brilliant form this season, secured her second individual world championship gold medal with a score of 465.8 in the finals. Emely Jaeggi finished with a score of 465.3, equalling the junior world record to secure silver, while her sister Vivien Joy Jaeggi finished just outside the medal positions in fourth. McIntosh, who is returning to international competition after a year, shot 454.6 to win the bronze.

Manu Bhaker, Esha Singh, and Rahi Sarnobat will be in action tomorrow as the precision stage of the 25m Sports Pistol will get underway.

Earlier, Aishwary Pratap Singh Tomar not only equalled a world record, but also won a first-ever individual world championship medal, settling for silver in the men’s 50m rifle 3 positions (3P) final at the Olympic Shooting range in Cairo, Egypt, on Tuesday (Nov 11, 2025). The two-time Olympian shot 466.9 in the 45-shot final to finish behind China’s reigning Olympic champion Liu Yukun, who ended 0.2 ahead with 467.1. Newly crowned air pistol world champion Samrat Rana and Olympian and defending champion Esha Singh also won silver in the 10m air pistol mixed team competition, after they went down 10-16 in the gold medal match to China’s Kai Hu and Qianxun Yao.

The developments mean India still ranks second behind China in the medal tally with three gold, five silver, and three bronze medals in their kitty. China has eight golds and a total of 14 medals so far.

–IANS

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