Shooting Worlds: Tomar clinches silver in 50m 3P

He finished just 0.2 points behind China's Olympic champion Liu Yukun in the final

- Shantanu Srivastava

Reigning Asian champion and two-time Olympian Aishwary Pratap Singh Tomar reaffirmed his class with a sublime display at the ISSF rifle/pistol World Championships, claiming silver in the 50m 3 Position event in Cairo on Tuesday.

Tomar shot 466.9 in the eight-man final, just 0.2 points behind China’s Olympic champion Liu Yukun, who secured a wire-to-wire victory in the final. Tomar though had his chance till the last competition shot.

The 24-year-old gave signs of things to come in the 60-shot qualification round itself, nailing two perfect series each in the kneeling and prone segments. With 200/200 in kneeling and prone behind him, Tomar missed the mark only thrice across two standing series of 10 shots each, ending the qualification phase at 597 with 40 10s. With that Tomar equalled the qualification world record, held jointly by Liu and compatriot Du Linshu.