India won the women’s 25m pistol team gold at the 2026 International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF) World Championship in Doha, Qatar, on November 10. Esha Singh, Manu Bhaker and Divya Thadigol Subbaraju combined for a score of 1,761-68x to secure the title.

The Indian team finished ahead of the Republic of Korea, which claimed silver with 1,748-66x. Vietnam took bronze with 1,745-54x.

Esha led India’s performance with an individual qualification score of 590-25x. She recorded 292 in the precision round before producing a strong 298 in the rapid round.

Manu Bhaker contributed 587-24x, while Divya Thadigol Subbaraju added 584-19x to take India’s combined score to 1,761.

Both Esha and Manu qualified for the individual 25m pistol final. Esha finished third in qualification, while Manu placed sixth. In the final, Manu finished fourth with 27 hits and Esha came eighth with 11 hits. Neither secured an individual medal.

The team gold was India’s second gold medal at the Doha championship. Earlier, Ravinder Singh, Saurabh Chaudhary and Amanpreet Singh won the men’s 50m pistol team event.

India also secured bronze in the men’s 50m rifle three positions team competition on November 10. Aishwary Pratap Singh Tomar, Akhil Sheoran and Niraj Kumar finished with a combined score of 1,751-91x. Czechia won gold, while Norway took silver.

The ISSF World Championship is being held in Doha from November 1 to 14. The competition includes rifle, pistol and shotgun events, with individual Olympic quota places available in designated events for the Los Angeles 2028 Games.