India finished sixth in the men’s 25m rapid-fire pistol team competition at the ISSF World Championships in Doha, with a combined score of 1,732 as qualification concluded on November 4.
Bhavesh Shekhawat was the highest-placed Indian in the individual qualification standings, taking 12th place on 582 points with 16 inner tens. Gurpreet Singh finished 18th with 579 and Suraj Sharma 35th with 571. None of the three advanced to the final.
Shekhawat improved from 290 in the first stage to 292 in the second. Eighth-placed Lee Gunhyeok of South Korea also scored 582, with 25 inner tens, and was the last shooter marked as qualified on the official list.
France won the team title with 1,756, ahead of Germany on 1,750 and China on 1,734. India finished just two points behind the bronze-medal score. France’s Jean Quiquampoix led individual qualification with 589, followed by teammate Clement Bessaguet on 588.
Archive illustrative photograph (2013): competitors at a 50m pistol event. Not the 25m rapid-fire competition in Doha. Photo: “50m Pistol (Free Pistol) at the VAPA Postal Finals 2013” by Johan Fantenberg, CC BY 2.0. Display may resize or crop the image.
