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Karni Singh Shooting Range: Manu Bhaker narrowly missed out on a gold as she went down to Vietnam’s Thuy Trang Nguyen in an exciting final of 25m Women’s Pistol that was decided at the end of two shoot-offs in the Asian Rifle/Pistol Championship, which is being held here at the Dr. Karni Singh Shooting Range.

Esha Singh won her second individual medal of the championship, winning bronze. Naamya Kapoor clinched gold in the junior category in another tense shoot-off, while Anjali Bhagwat secured the bronze in the same event as India took their total medal tally to 60 medals, including 37 gold, 13 silver and 10 bronze.

In the finals, Esha Singh started with a perfect five in the first series, while Manu and Thuy Trang hit four. All three shooters were trading the medal positions after each series in the tightly contested finals. The Indians were putting pressure on the Vietnamese shooter, but a perfect five shots in the sixth series saw her take a two-point lead.