Aishwary Pratap Singh Tomar Wins Gold at the 16th Asian Shooting Championship

Why in News ?

• Indian Olympian shooter Aishwary Pratap Singh Tomar brought glory to the nation by winning the gold medal in the 50m Rifle Three-Position event at the 16th Asian Shooting Championship 2025, held in Shymkent, Kazakhstan.

Key Points

Individual Gold Medal

• Aishwary Pratap Singh Tomar (24 years) won the 50m Rifle 3-Position gold with a score of 462.5 points.
• He defeated China’s Zhao Wenyu (462.0 points) by 0.5 points.
• Japan’s Naoya Okada won the bronze medal with 445.8 points.
• This was Tomar’s second individual gold at the Asian Championship. Earlier, he had won the title in Changwon, Korea (2023).

Team Event

• The Indian men’s team (Aishwary Tomar, Chain Singh, Akhil Sheoran) won the silver medal in the 50m Rifle 3-Position team event.
• China won the gold with 1750 points, India secured silver with 1747 points, and Korea claimed bronze with 1740 points.

Junior Category

• India’s Adrian Karmakar set an Asian record by winning the junior title with 463.8 points.
• India’s Vedant Waghmare bagged the bronze medal (448.8 points).
• The junior team (Adrian, Vedant, Rohit Kanyan) clinched the gold medal.

India’s Overall Performance

• India delivered an outstanding performance, topping the medal tally with 26 gold, 9 silver, and 11 bronze medals.