Aishwary Pratap Singh Tomar wins rifle 3-position gold

Aishwary Pratap Singh Tomar beat the qualification topper, Zhao Wenyu (587) of China by 0.5 point to clinch the gold in the 50-metre rifle 3-position event in the 16th Asian shooting championship in Shymkent, Kazakhstan, on Sunday (August 24, 2025).

It was the second individual gold in the Asian championship for the two-time Olympian, the 24-year-old Aishwary, who had won the earlier title in 2023 in Changwon, Korea.

In fact, Aishwary had won the silver last year and has also three individual gold from World Cups.

It was an impressive fare from Olympian Chain Singh and Akhil Sheoran who also made the finals, but finished fourth and fifth respectively.

Together the Indian trio was beaten to the gold by China, by three points.

Yet, there was no stopping the Indian gold rush, as Adriyan Karmakar won the junior title with an impressive Asian record of 463.8 in the final, as he outclassed the field, and beat Han Yinan of China by 4.2 points.

It was a remarkable effort by Adriyan in the final, as he had qualified in the eighth place with a modest score of 576.

Vedant Waghmare did well to clinch the bronze medal. The cup of joy for the Indian camp was complete, as the juniors bagged the team gold, with Rohit Kanyan shooting a 575.

India was sitting pretty on top of the medals table with 26 gold, nine silver and 11 bronze.

The results

50m rifle 3-position: Men: 1. Aishwary Pratap Singh Tomar 462.5 (584); 2. Zhao Wenyu (Chn) 462.0 (587); 3. Naoya Okada (Jpn) 448.8 (585); 4. Chain Singh 435.7 (582); 5. Akhil Sheoran 424.9 (581); RPO: KIran Jadhav 584; Babu Singh Panwar 574.

Team: 1. China 1750; 2. India 1747; 3. Korea 1740.

Juniors: 1. Adriyan Karmakar 463.8 (576); 2. Han Yinan (Chn) 459.6 (578); 3. Vedant Waghmare 448.8 (582); 10. Sami Ullah Khan 575; 12. Rohit Kanyan 575; 16. Gauurav Desale 569; 17. Hithesh Srinivasan 564.

Team: 1. India 1733; 2. Korea 1722; 3. Kazakhstan 1712.