ISSF World Championships: Gurpreet Singh clinches silver medal in men’s 25m Centre Fire Pistol event

Gurpreet Singh

Olympian Gurpreet Singh came agonisingly close to becoming the world champion in men's 25m Centre Fire Pistol event but eventually got a silver after losing on inner 10s to Ukraine's Pavlo Korostylov at the Olympic Shooting Range here.

This was Gurpreet's second individual medal in the World Championships, the first also being a silver won in 2018 at Changwon in the 25m Standard Pistol event.

India thus ended their campaign in third place with a total of 13 medals, including three gold, six silver and four bronze behind China.

The Indian shooter, who was placed ninth after the precision stage with a score of 288-8x (95,97,96), bounced back on the second day to shoot a brilliant score of 296-10x (98,99,99) in the rapid stage to clinch the silver medal.

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