India storms to 94-medal haul at Asian Rifle/Pistol Championship, New Delhi 2026

New Delhi: India finished emphatically on top of the medals table at the Asian Rifle/Pistol Championship, New Delhi 2026, amassing an impressive 94 medals — 51 gold, 23 silver, and 20 bronze — as the competition concluded at the Dr Karni Singh Shooting Range. The hosts underlined their dominance on the final day, collecting six gold, three silver, and four bronze medals to firmly cement their supremacy in the continental event.

On the closing day, Indian shooters delivered a clean sweep of the podium in both the 25m Center Fire Pistol and 25m Pistol Junior events. They also secured three medals across the 50m Rifle Prone Women’s Senior and Junior categories, along with four gold medals in team competitions, bringing the championship to a triumphant conclusion.

Yelizaveta Bezrukova of Kazakhstan (centre), Sift Kaur Kamra (left) and Tejaswini Sawant

In 25m Center Fire Pistol, Amanpreet Singh clinched gold with a final score of 589-24x over Precision and Rapid stage. Olympian Gurpreet Singh won silver with a score of 584-20x and Ankur Goel won the bronze with a score of 570-11x. The trio also combined to win the team gold.

Suraj Sharma continued his fine start to the year by winning gold in the 25m Pistol Junior event with a score of 585-25x while Mukesh Nelavalli secured another medal in the championship, this time a silver after shooting 582-21x. Deaflympics medallist Abhinav Deshwal won bronze with a score of 573-17x. The trio also won the team gold in the event.

In the 50m Rifle Prone event, Olympian Sift Kaur Samra won silver with a score of 623.2 while 2010 World Champion, Tejaswani Sawant won an excellent bronze, five years after she won an international medal. Yelizaveta Bezrukova of Kazakhstan won gold. Sift and Tejaswani along with Manini Kaushik combined to win team gold for India.

Amanpreet Singh (centre), Gurpreet Singh (left) and Ankur Goel

In the junior category Dhavalika Devi Nyamurus secured a bronze medal with a score of 614.1, Kazak shooters Tomiris Amanova and Darya Ponomarenko won gold and silver respectively. The trio of Prachi Gaikwad, Anuskha Thokur and Devi combined to win the team gold.

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