ISSF Worlds: Indian shooters miss out on medals in 25m Standard Pistol

Olympian Gurpreet Singh’s ninth-place finish was the highest the Indian shooters could manage as they could not secure any medals in the 25m Standard Pistol event at the Olympic Shooting Range in Cairo on Saturday.

China’s Yao Qianxun continued her impressive run in the world championships, picking up her third individual gold medal to go along with the 10m Air Pistol mixed team gold and a silver in the 25m Sports Pistol event. Adrian Schaub of Switzerland became the world champion in the men’s category.

India remained in third position behind China and South Korea in the medal tally with three gold, five silver, and four bronze medals. China has 12 golds, seven silver, and two bronze. Korea has racked up seven gold, three silver, and the same number of bronze medals.

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In the men’s event, Gurpeet shot a total of 571-14x for his ninth-place finish. The other shooters in the competition, Udhayveer Sidhu and Rajkanwar Singh Sandhu, finished in 23rd and 24th place with scores of 561-9x and 559-6x, respectively. Yeongjae Cho of South Korea won the silver, while Ukraine’s Pavlo Korostylov won the bronze medal.

In the women’s category, Parisha Gupta finished in 10th, the highest among the Indian shooters, with a score of 556-11x. Shikha Chaudhary shot 555-11x for a 12th-place finish while Agam Grewal shot 547-9x to finish in 19th place.

Published on Nov 15, 2025