Earlier this week in Cairo, Esha Singh was placed fourth and was in medal contention in the women’s 10m air pistol final in the ISSF World Championships. A 10.7 on her 15th shot meant that she was in contention for the medal but an 8.4 meant that the Telangana shooter was eliminated at sixth place. On Friday, on her way to becoming the first Indian woman to win a World Championships medal in the women’s 25m pistol final, Esha banished those thoughts to the back of her mind.

“Such things happen in shooting and there will be times things will not be in your favour on a particular day or a particular shot. I had won my first World Junior Championship title at this very range in 2022, so had good memories of this venue. So once the 10m air pistol final ended, my focus was on the mixed team ev

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