In Pictures: Esha Singh wins silver in women’s 25m pistol at Asian Games 2026

Esha Singh put the disappointment of the 10m air pistol behind her to clinch the silver medal in the women’s 25m pistol in a thrilling final at the Asian Games in Aichi-Nagoya on Monday (Source: Photo by PTI)

The 21-year-old Hyderabad shooter survived five shoot-offs — four in the race for silver/bronze and one more in the battle for gold, before perishing in the sixth tie-breaker to China’s Xiao Jiaruixuan who won the gold medal (Source: Photo by PTI)

Esha was on the brink of exiting without a medal when she was fourth, but produced a perfect series of 5 out of 5 to confirm a medal (Source: Photo by PTI)

Then, she survived a dramatic triple shoot-off against North Korea’s Kim Hyon Suk, after being tied at 34 each, in the fight for the silver medal (Source: Photo by PTI)

Both shooters could not be separated after two tie-breakers, with scores level at 3-3 in both. However, the Indian held her nerve to prevail 3-2 in the third shoot-off (Source: Photo by PTI)

Though a gold was within her reach, the silver was a measure of redemption for Esha, who had endured a disappointing outing in the women’s 10m air pistol earlier in the Games (Source: Photo by PTI)

She finished 15th with a score of 572, while India’s team narrowly missed out on a bronze medal, finishing fourth on the count of inner tens (Source: Photo by PTI)

The 25m pistol, is a discipline in which Esha has consistently delivered. The world No. 1 in the event, she has enjoyed an impressive run over the past 18 months, winning two World Cup titles and a bronze at the World Championships (Source: Photo by PTI)

At the Munich World Cup in May, she produced a record-breaking performance in the final, registering 43 hits to set senior and junior world records (Source: Photo by PTI)

Esha had also won individual silver medals in both the 10m and 25m pistol events at the previous Asian Games in Hangzhou, along with a team gold and silver (Source: Photo by PTI)