Shooting World Cup: Manu Bhaker falls in qualification; Suruchi Singh clinches 10m air pistol gold

Indian shooter Suruchi Singh secured a gold medal in the Women’s 10m Air Pistol event at the ISSF Shooting World Cup in Munich on Friday, outscoring France’s Camille Jedrzejewski by 0.2 points with a total of 241.9 points in a close final. China’s Yao Qianxun claimed the bronze medal with 221.7 points.The 19-year-old’s victory marked her fourth overall gold medal and completed a hat-trick of individual golds, following her successful performances in Buenos Aires and Lima in April.

Suruchi, from Jhajjar in Haryana, dominated the final from the beginning with an opening round score of 52.1 and followed it with 101.5 in the second round. Despite briefly losing her lead during elimination, she recovered strongly in the final shots to claim victory.

In the qualification round, Suruchi scored 588 with 20 inner 10s to secure second place. Paris Olympic double bronze medallist Manu Bhaker missed qualification, finishing 25th with a score of 574-14x. Another Indian competitor, Palak, finished in 36th position with a score of 570-18x. Notably, Suruchi had previously defeated Manu in the Women’s 10m Air Pistol event at the ISSF World Cup 2025 Lima in Peru.

Olympian Elavenil Valarivan had earlier won bronze in the Women’s 10m Air Rifle on the opening day.ALSO READ: ‘Parampara, Pratishtha, Anushasan’: How 18-year-old Suruchi Singh became India’s new shooting sensationSift Kaur Samra added another bronze medal for India in the Women’s 50m Rifle 3 Positions event on Thursday, further expanding her international achievements.

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