Bhaker finished fifth in the final of women's individual 1om air pistol event at Asian Games 2026 Manu Bhaker finished fifth in the women's 10m air pistol final at the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games on Wednesday, missing out on a medal after qualifying third in the eight-shooter medal round.Bhaker, who had shot 579-20x in qualification, finished with a final score of 181.1.
She was eliminated after the fourth stage of the final, with four shooters remaining in contention for the medals.
Watch TOISA Spotlight | Miraj Ahmed Khan on Olympic gold, setbacks, Rio 2016 and the fight that continues The podium was topped by South Korea's Choo Gaeun, who won gold with an Asian Games record 246.3.
China's Shen Yiyao claimed silver with 241.3, while her compatriot Jiang Ranxin took bronze with 221.6.
Chinese Taipei's Cheng Yen-Ching finished fourth with 200.7, just ahead of Manu Bhaker.Bhaker had begun the final strongly, recording 50.8 in the opening series and moving to 100.3 after the first two series.
She was at 120.4 after the first stage of the elimination rounds and remained in medal contention through the next stages.Asian Games Full Coverage|Schedule|Medal TallyHer scores progressed to 140.4, 160.7 and finally 181.1, but she could not stay with the leading group in the decisive stages.The fifth-place finish comes after Bhaker had entered the final as India's only representative.She had qualified third earlier in the day, finishing behind Choo and Jiang in a closely contested qualification round.
Bhaker's teammates Esha Singh and Suruchi Inder Singh had failed to make the final.
Esha finished 15th with 572-12x, while Suruchi was 26th with 568-12x.India had earlier narrowly missed out on a podium in the team event, finishing fourth.
The Indian trio of Bhaker, Esha Singh and Suruchi finished with 1719-44x, the same aggregate as bronze medallists Vietnam, but Vietnam had 46 inner-10s to India's 44.
China won gold with 1735-56x, while South Korea took silver with 1730-55x.Join conversation Share your thoughts in the comments Be respectful · TOI community guidelines At the Hangzhou Asian Games in 2023, India had enjoyed a much stronger outing in the women's 10m air pistol events.
Palak Gulia won individual gold, with Esha taking silver.
India also won silver in the women's 10m air pistol team event, with Gulia, Singh and Divya T S finishing behind China and ahead of Chinese Taipei.
