Shooting
Anish Bhanwala bags India's first-ever individual World C'ships medal in 25m Rapid Fire Pistol
This was also India's first-ever medal in pistol shooting in an Olympic category at the ISSF World Shooting championships.
Anish Bhanwala bagged a historic silver medal at ISSF World Championships 2025. (Photo credit: NRAI)
Anish Bhanwala bagged India's first-ever individual World C'ships medal in 25m Rapid Fire Pistol at the 2025 ISSF World Championships in Cairo, Egypt, on Sunday.
He showed brilliant composure to win two back-to-back shootouts en route to his medal in the men's 25m Rapid Fire pistol final, finishing second with 28/40 hits.
This was Anish's second world medal after a mixed team silver medal in 2022. Overall, this was India's first-ever medal in pistol shooting in an Olympic category.
He had earlier finished the qualification round in second place with a score of 575 after a brilliant second stage, where he scored 294 out of 300.
No Medal in Air Rifle Mixed Team
Indian air rifle shooters had another disappointing day at the 2025 ISSF Shooting World Championships, exiting medalless in the mixed team event
The duo of Elavenil Valarivan and Arjun Babuta shot a total of 632.3, finishing 8th in qualification. Meanwhile, the second pair, Shreya Agrawal and Rudrankksh Patil, finished 21st with 628.8.
Elavenil, fresh from her individual medal, was India's only bright spot in this event as she shot a brilliant 317.7, which was the fourth best among all female shooters.
But her male counterpart, Arjun, had an off day as he only managed to shoot 314.6, and the duo could not finish within the top-4 and missed out on the podium.
India, with this, ended their air rifle campaign with 2 medals across five events - Elavanil's bronze in women's individual and silver in women's team event.
