ISSF World Championship: India bags bronze medal in Shooting

India began their ISSF World Championship campaign with a bronze in the women’s 25m pistol team junior competition in Cairo, Egypt yesterday. The trio of Esha Singh, Naamya Kapoor, and Vibhuti Bhatia demolished team Germany 17-1 in the bronze medal match to get India on the medal tally on day one of the competition.

Esha, Naamya, and Vibhuti finished fourth in the first round of qualification with a score of 856 to make it to the next stage in third position. In the next round, they shot 437 to finish behind the Germans in fourth position to qualify for the bronze medal match. China won the gold in the event while Korea bagged silver.