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India Surges at ISSF World Cup Final With Simranpreet’s 25m Gold and Aishwary’s 3P Silver

Teen talents have powered a two-day haul totaling two golds, three silvers, plus a bronze at the year-ending Doha meet.

Overview

  • Simranpreet Kaur Brar won the women’s 25m pistol title with 41 in the final, equalling the world junior record against a stacked field.
  • Aishwary Pratap Singh Tomar took silver in the men’s 50m rifle 3 positions, finishing 0.9 behind Jiri Privratsky’s 414.2 under the new 40‑shot final format.
  • Rapid-fire specialist Anish Bhanwala earned silver with 31 hits in the men’s 25m event, as Olympic champion Li Yuehong claimed gold in an expanded eight-shooter final.
  • India had opened with an all-Indian 1–2 in women’s 10m air pistol, where Suruchi Singh Phogat struck gold with a junior world-record 245.1 and Sainyam Vij took silver.
  • High-profile names missed out on finals on Sunday, including Manu Bhaker in women’s 25m pistol and Sift Kaur Samra in women’s 3P, while qualifiers featured a 598 world record by China’s Tian Jiaming.