Double Olympic bronze-medallist Bhaker secured sixth place in the 25m pistol event after qualifying for the final, where she finished fifth with a combined ‘precision’ and ‘rapid fire’ score of 588.
Chain advanced to the final of the men’s 50m rifle 3-positions event following a solid qualification round but ended up seventh in the eight-shooter medal round.
On Tuesday, the opening day of the competition, India bagged a bronze through Elavenil Valarivan in the women’s 10m air rifle event.
Bhaker recorded a score of 290 in precision and an impressive 298 in the rapid fire round, totaling 588 before the finals.
The medal round did not go as hoped, as the Olympic bronze medallist in women’s and mixed team 10m air pistol events was outperformed by competitors from China and Korea.
Sun Yujie of China clinched gold with a score of 38, while Korea’s Oh Yejin and Yang Jiin took silver and bronze with scores of 36 and 32, respectively. Bhaker could not advance past the third elimination round, finishing with 20 points.
Multiple Asian Games medallist Esha Singh placed 11th with a combined ‘precision’ and ‘rapid fire’ score of 585 and missed out on the eight-shooter final.
The other Indian competitor, Simranpreet Kaur Brar, scored 577 to finish in 32nd place.
Chain Singh finishes 7th
India’s Chain Singh made it to the final of the men’s 50m rifle 3-positions event due to a strong qualification round but finished seventh among the eight shooters in the medal round.
Chain, who is an Asian Games medallist and recently earned a bronze in the ISSF World Cup in Buenos Aires, qualified for the final in sixth place with a total of 592.
Other Indian participants, Swapnil Kusale and Ankush Jadhav, finished 38th and 67th with scores of 587 and 580, respectively.
Chain scored 198 in the ‘kneeling’ position, an impressive 199 in ‘prone’, but a subpar 195 in ‘standing’ resulted in an aggregate of 592 to secure the sixth position in the final.
The high-caliber final saw Chain eliminated early, ultimately finishing seventh, while Norway’s Jon-Hermann Hegg captured the gold with a score of 464.1.
Individual Neutral Athlete Ilia Marsov earned silver with a score of 462, while the Czech Republic’s Jiri Privratsky took home bronze with 452.
On Thursday, Olympians Arjun Babuta and Sandeep Singh will compete against Paris Games gold medallist Sheng Lihao in the men’s 10m air pistol event.
Babuta has reached four consecutive finals since last year’s Paris Olympics, where he placed fourth, and the rivalry with Sheng is expected to attract significant attention.
The Chinese athlete began the 2025 season with a gold in the Lima World Cup, narrowly outscoring Babuta, who secured silver by just 0.1 points.
Sandeep Singh, who won the 10m air pistol mixed team bronze alongside Bhaker at the Paris Games, has also rejoined the squad.
In the women’s 50m rifle 3-Position, all three Indian participants are showing strong form, highlighted by Sift Kaur Samra’s gold win in Argentina, while Shriyanka Sadangi reached the finals in Lima. The third shooter, Ashi Chouksey, also performed well in Lima but narrowly missed the cutoff.
