DOHA: Simranpreet Kaur Brar on Sunday won the gold medal in women’s 25m pistol final after Aishwary Pratap Singh Tomar got the day going with a silver in men’s 50m 3 positions at the ongoing ISSF World Cup Final in Doha.
Simranpreet, who finished in the fifth place with 584-25x in qualifying, made the final alongside Esha Singh. Double Olympic medallist Manu Bhaker, the other Indian in action, missed the final by the barest of margins, registering three inner-10s less than China’s Yujie Sun, the last qualifier for the eight-woman final.
Meanwhile, Aishwary’s score of 413.3 saw him finish behind Jiri Privratsky of Czechia, who won gold with a score of 414.2, a world record score. China’s Liu Yukun won bronze with a score of 388.9.
This is Aishwary’s seventh ISSF World Cup medal.
Sift Kaur Samra finished last in her field after two 50m rifle 3 positions shooters from the home country Qatar got a DNS. Agencies
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