Cairo, Nov 17 (NationPress) Olympian Gurpreet Singh narrowly missed out on the title of world champion in the men's 25m Center Fire Pistol event, ultimately securing a silver medal after a close contest with Ukraine’s Pavlo Korostylov at the Olympic Shooting Range. This achievement marks his second individual medal in the ISSF World Championship 2025, following a silver in the 25m Standard Pistol event at Changwon in 2018, while Yann Pierre Louis Fridrici from France took home the bronze.

India concluded their campaign in the International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF) World Championship in third place, amassing a total of 13 medals: three gold, six silver, and four bronze. They finished behind China, which dominated the table with 12 gold, seven silver, and two bronze, and South Korea, which secured seven gold, three silver, and four bronze to claim the second spot.

Gurpreet achieved a score of 584-18x over two days, bouncing back from ninth place in the precision stage, where he scored 288-8x (95, 97, 96), to deliver an outstanding performance in the rapid stage with a score of 296-10x (98, 99, 99) to secure silver. Korostylov, who led with 291-14x after the precision stage, finished with 293-15x in rapid, tying Gurpreet’s score but clinching gold due to a superior number of inner 10s, including a perfect 100 in the final rapid round.

Fellow competitor Harpreet Singh, who was second after precision with 291-10x, stumbled to finish ninth with 286-6x in rapid, while Sahil Choudhary ended in 28th position with 561-14x (precision 272-4x, rapid 289-10x), resulting in all three Indians placing fifth in the team standings.

India’s gold medals came from Samrat Rana (10m Air Pistol) and Ravinder Singh (50m Standard Pistol and 10m Air Pistol Team). Silver medals were won by Aishwary Pratap Singh Tomar (50m Rifle 3 Positions Men), Anish Bhanwala (25m Rapid Fire Pistol), Gurpreet Singh (25m Center Fire Pistol), along with Esha Singh and Samrat Rana in the 10m Air Pistol Mixed Team, 10m Women’s Air Pistol Team, and 50m Men’s Standard Pistol Team events. Bronze medals were secured by Esha (25m Sports Pistol), Elavenil Valarivan (10m Air Rifle), and Varun Tomar (10m Air Pistol and 10m Women’s Air Rifle Team).