In shooting, India’s Niveditha Veloor Nair secured a bronze medal in the women’s 25-metre standard pistol at the ISSF World Championship in Doha, Qatar, yesterday. Niveditha finished third with a score of 567-13x.

China’s Xiao Jiaruixuan won gold while Hungary’s Veronika Major claimed silver with. India’s Manvi Jain and Simranpreet Kaur Brar finished eighth and 10th, respectively.

In the team event, the Indian trio of Niveditha Nair, Manvi Jain and Simranpreet Kaur Brar secured silver with a combined score of 1,682-33x. With this, India’s overall tally at the Doha championship has risen to seven, comprising one gold, five silver and one bronze.