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Aakrti Dahiya pips Anjum Moudgil for silver in women’s 50m rifle 3P

Aakrti Dahiya pips Anjum Moudgil for silver in women’s 50m rifle 3P

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A relatively unknown Aakriti Dahiya pipped veteran Anjum Moudgil to clinch the silver medal in women’s 50m rifle 3 positions at the 2026 Asian Shooting Championships in Delhi on Tuesday. Dahiya shot a total of 354.2 in the final to win what was her first international medal. Moudgil shot 340.4 to win bronze and complete a double podium for the hosts. Kazakhstan’s Sofiya Shulzhenko, meanwhile, clinched the gold medal with a world record score of 358.2 – a whopping four points ahead of Dahiya – in a sensational display. The other Indian in the final, Ashi Chouksey, finished fourth with 330.9. Earlier in the day, Moudgil was the highest ranked Indian in the women’s 50m rifle 3 positions qualification round with a score of 587. Chouksey had shot 586 to finish fifth, while Dahiya (583) had barely scraped by in the seventh spot. Gold for Prachi Elsewhere in the junior women’s 50m rifle 3 positions event, India’s Prachi Gaikwad shot gold. Having topped the qualification round with a score of 586, Gaikwad continued the momentum …

Esha Singh strikes gold in 10m Air Pistol

Esha Singh strikes gold in 10m Air Pistol

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Esha Singh led India’s charge in the women’s 10m Air Pistol, winning gold on the opening day of the Asian Rifle/Pistol Championship at the Dr Karni Singh Shooting Range on Wednesday. Esha won the final with a score of 239.8 points as Chinese Taipei’s Cheng Yen-Ching (235.4) and Yu Ai-Wen (217.7) settled for silver and bronze, respectively. “I am happy that I could get my country’s flag up high. Playing on your homeground has its own kind of pressure, but it also gives you a familiar feeling because you know how the range is,” Esha told The Bridge on Wednesday. “In the Delhi final hall range, the lighting is a bit difficult to shoot in. It’s very challenging. Today, I almost couldn’t see the target much, but I just followed my process. I trusted where my hand was stopping, and that’s how I was shooting,” she added. This is Esha’s only second career Asian Championship gold. She had earlier won Asian gold in Jakarta two years back. In the final, Esha had a rough start …