India win bronze in ISSF World C’ship

Cairo, Oct 13: India began their ISSF World Championship campaign with a bronze in the women’s 25m pistol team junior competition here on Thursday.
The trio of Esha Singh, Naamya Kapoor and Vibhuti Bhatia demolished team Germany 17-1 in the bronze medal match 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 gold in the event while Korea bagged silver.
In the day’s other results, Nishchal shot 616.9 and Nupur Kumrawat 606.6 to finish eighth and 34th respectively in the women’s 50m rifle prone junior competition. (PTI)