Esha Singh, Manu Bhaker lead India to 25m pistol team gold

Esha Singh, Manu Bhaker and Divya Thadigol Subbaraju won the women’s 25m pistol team gold at the ISSF World Championship in Doha, Qatar, on Tuesday. India also claimed bronze in the men’s 50m rifle 3 positions team event

Hyderabad: Esha Singh, Manu Bhaker and Divya Thadigol Subbaraju won the women’s 25m pistol team gold at the ISSF World Championship 2026 in Doha, securing India’s second gold medal of the championship.

The Indian trio finished with a combined score of 1,761-68x, ahead of the Republic of Korea, which took silver with 1,748-66x, and Vietnam, which claimed bronze with 1,745-54x.

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Esha topped the Indian team’s scores with 590-25x, followed by Manu with 587-24x and Divya with 584-19x.

Esha and Manu also qualified for the individual final. Manu finished fourth with 27 hits, narrowly missing a podium finish, while Esha placed 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 won bronze with a combined score of 1,751-91x. Czechia won gold with 1,754-92x, while Norway took silver with 1,752-81x. Aishwary led the Indian team with 587-33x, followed by Niraj with 582-31x and Akhil with 582-27x.

India will be in action again on November 11, when the final of the men’s 50m rifle 3 positions event is scheduled.