ISSF World Cup 2025 Lima: Simranpreet Kaur Wins Silver in Women's 25m Pistol; Manu Bhaker Finishes Fourth

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India's Simranpreet Kaur Brar on Monday (April 21) clinched her first senior international medal for the country by winning silver in the women's 25m pistol event of ISSF World Cup 2025 in Lima on the final day of the competition at the Las Palmas shooting range.

The Indian shooter shot a total of 33-hits in the 10-series of five rapid-fire shots final, finishing one hit behind China's Sun Yujie, who won back-to-back world cup golds in the event. A second Chinese, Yao Qianxun won bronze with 29-hits to her name.

Double Paris Olympics medallist Manu Bhaker, on the other hand, finished just outside the podium places in fourth with 22 hits, having missed four of her five last series of shots. Buenos Aires silver medallist Esha Singh finished sixth with 17 hits and suffered elimination in a shoot-off.

Earlier on Monday (April 21), the trio of double Olympic medalist Manu Bhaker, mixed team pistol world champion Esha Singh and Simranpreet, ensured all three Indians reached the finals.

Manu, who won silver in the women's 10m air pistol event, was second in qualifying with a solid 585 while Simranpreet was fifth with 580. Esha Singh shot 575 to take the eighth and final qualifying spot.

This was India's fourth silver of the competition to go with two golds and a bronze. India finished the Lima leg on third position with a total of seven medals behind USA and China. USA finished above India due to four gold medals, while China topped the standings with 13 medals.

India won gold in 10m Air Pistol events thanks to Suruchi Singh's double. Suruchi Singh, who also clinched a gold in the Buenos Aires leg, added yellow metal in the individual and mixed team event alongside Saurabh Chaudhary. Here is a look at the Indian medallists followed by the medal table:

Indian medal winners in ISSF World Cup 2025 Lima

Gold Medallists

• Suruchi Singh - 10m Air Pistol Women's Individual Event
• Suruchi Singh & Saurabh Chaudhary - 10m Air Pistol Mixed Team Event

Silver Medallists

• Manu Bhaker - 10m Air Pistol Women's Individual Event
• Arjun Babuta - 10m Air Rifle Men's Individual Event
• Rudrankksh Patil & Arya Borse - 10m Air Rifle Mixed Team Event
• Simranpreet Kaur Brar - 25m Pistol Women's Individual Event

Bronze Medallist

• Saurabh Chaudhary - 10m Air Pistol Men's Individual Event

ISSF World Cup 2025 Lima Medal Table (As of April 22nd)