India's Suruchi Singh set a new junior world record in the women's 10m air pistol to win the gold medal on her debut at the 2025 ISSF World Cup Final in Doha, Qatar, following a strong finish against her teammate Sainyam.
They were joined on the podium by Yao Qianxun, the world champion, who took the bronze medal to sign off a fantastic 2025 for the Chinese athlete. Singh's new junior world record improved on Manu Bhaker's previous standard, which had stood for an impressive six years.
Qualification
Qian Wei put together a strong six series, alongside India's Suruchi Singh, both on a score of 586. Jiang Ranxin and Yao Qianxun of China were third and fourth on 583 and 580. Julieta Mautone Jimenez of Uruguay and Manu Bhaker of India were fifth and sixth, while Olympic champion Oh Ye-jin of the Republic of Korea placed seventh.
In the bubble position, India's Sainyam scored 573, beating Olympic silver medallist Camille Jedrzejewski of France to the final spot on countback after she scored 19 times inside the "X" to the French athlete's 15. Ho Ching Shing of Hong Kong, the world silver medallist, was 10th, ahead of Duaa Rahmatalla M Habib and Aisha Abdulla M F Al-Abdulla of Qatar.
They were joined on the podium by Yao Qianxun, the world champion, who took the bronze medal to sign off a fantastic 2025 for the Chinese athlete. Singh's new junior world record improved on Manu Bhaker's previous standard, which had stood for an impressive six years.
Qualification
Qian Wei put together a strong six series, alongside India's Suruchi Singh, both on a score of 586. Jiang Ranxin and Yao Qianxun of China were third and fourth on 583 and 580. Julieta Mautone Jimenez of Uruguay and Manu Bhaker of India were fifth and sixth, while Olympic champion Oh Ye-jin of the Republic of Korea placed seventh.
In the bubble position, India's Sainyam scored 573, beating Olympic silver medallist Camille Jedrzejewski of France to the final spot on countback after she scored 19 times inside the "X" to the French athlete's 15. Ho Ching Shing of Hong Kong, the world silver medallist, was 10th, ahead of Duaa Rahmatalla M Habib and Aisha Abdulla M F Al-Abdulla of Qatar.
The Final
India's athletes performed well in the opening 10 shots, particularly Sainyam - the eighth qualifier. She recorded two 10.7s to put her top of the table on 103.3, more than two points ahead of the rest of the field.
Three-time World Cup winner this season, Suruchi Singh had a couple of lower scores in her second series of five to put her fourth on 100.8 behind the Olympic champion, the Korean Oh Ye-jin on 101.2 and new world champion Yao Qianxun of China on 101.1.
Manu Bhaker's second five dropped her down behind the Uruguayan Julieta Mautone Jimenez on 100.4 and 100.0 respectively, as the other two Chinese athletes, Jiang Ranxin and Qian Wei, sat at the bottom. A 9.4 and 10.3 meant Qian would remain eighth and exit in this position. The athlete to miss out the most in these first two elimination shots was Oh, who dropped six spots after scoring 8.3 and 9.6. Jiang would move into fifth, as Bhaker also scored twice below 10.
At the front, Sainyam was still delivering incredible results. A 10.8 and a 10.4 was the best of the series, while Singh's 10.9 and 10.1 moved her clear into second place, followed by Yao and Jimenez.
In the pressure situation, it was Jiang that would be eliminated in seventh, scoring 9.5 and 8.6. Oh would recover, but not pull out any big scores, shooting 10.1 and 9.3. But many struggled in this series. Jimenez came under pressure when she scored 9.0, while Yao scored 8.7 and 9.9 to lose touch with the Indian pair at the top. No athlete would score two scores of 10 and above here.
India's athletes performed well in the opening 10 shots, particularly Sainyam - the eighth qualifier. She recorded two 10.7s to put her top of the table on 103.3, more than two points ahead of the rest of the field.
Three-time World Cup winner this season, Suruchi Singh had a couple of lower scores in her second series of five to put her fourth on 100.8 behind the Olympic champion, the Korean Oh Ye-jin on 101.2 and new world champion Yao Qianxun of China on 101.1.
Manu Bhaker's second five dropped her down behind the Uruguayan Julieta Mautone Jimenez on 100.4 and 100.0 respectively, as the other two Chinese athletes, Jiang Ranxin and Qian Wei, sat at the bottom. A 9.4 and 10.3 meant Qian would remain eighth and exit in this position. The athlete to miss out the most in these first two elimination shots was Oh, who dropped six spots after scoring 8.3 and 9.6. Jiang would move into fifth, as Bhaker also scored twice below 10.
At the front, Sainyam was still delivering incredible results. A 10.8 and a 10.4 was the best of the series, while Singh's 10.9 and 10.1 moved her clear into second place, followed by Yao and Jimenez.
In the pressure situation, it was Jiang that would be eliminated in seventh, scoring 9.5 and 8.6. Oh would recover, but not pull out any big scores, shooting 10.1 and 9.3. But many struggled in this series. Jimenez came under pressure when she scored 9.0, while Yao scored 8.7 and 9.9 to lose touch with the Indian pair at the top. No athlete would score two scores of 10 and above here.
Sainyam's Colossal Lead Disappears as Singh Finds Winning Form
A fairytale run to the ISSF World Cup Final would end for Julieta Mautone Jimenez as the pressure got to her when it mattered. She scored 9.1 and 9.6 to finish sixth, coming up against the Olympic champion Oh Ye-jin, who found her form with a 10.0 and 10.6. Manu Bhaker would remain above her in fourth with a 10.3 and 10.0, but gaps had started to form ahead of them.
Yao Qianxun would score 9.7 and 10.7, putting her 0.8 ahead of Bhaker in third, but no one could match the top two. Sainyam scored 10.1 and 10.5 to keep a lead of 2.1 over her teammate Singh, who scored 10.5 and 10.4. That gap continued to be chiselled down by Singh, who brought the deficit down to 1.4 by the end of the next series.
What was once a lead of 2.7 was now level on the next shot as Singh scored a perfect 10.9 and Sainyam scored 9.5. The next shot saw Singh score 10.2 as Sainyam scored the same again. In just four shots, there was a swing of 2.8 points in favour of the new leader.
At the bottom, Oh worked hard again to get herself out of trouble. A 10.3 and 10.2 pulled her ahead of Bhaker into fourth, whose mark of 9.3 took her out of medal contention. Lower scoring series brought Yao back to Oh, with just 0.2 separating them. The Korean's form slipped with a 9.4 and the gap grew. Yao secured herself the bronze medal with a 10.8 on her second shot, denying any chance of the Olympic champion getting on the podium.
A fairytale run to the ISSF World Cup Final would end for Julieta Mautone Jimenez as the pressure got to her when it mattered. She scored 9.1 and 9.6 to finish sixth, coming up against the Olympic champion Oh Ye-jin, who found her form with a 10.0 and 10.6. Manu Bhaker would remain above her in fourth with a 10.3 and 10.0, but gaps had started to form ahead of them.
Yao Qianxun would score 9.7 and 10.7, putting her 0.8 ahead of Bhaker in third, but no one could match the top two. Sainyam scored 10.1 and 10.5 to keep a lead of 2.1 over her teammate Singh, who scored 10.5 and 10.4. That gap continued to be chiselled down by Singh, who brought the deficit down to 1.4 by the end of the next series.
What was once a lead of 2.7 was now level on the next shot as Singh scored a perfect 10.9 and Sainyam scored 9.5. The next shot saw Singh score 10.2 as Sainyam scored the same again. In just four shots, there was a swing of 2.8 points in favour of the new leader.
At the bottom, Oh worked hard again to get herself out of trouble. A 10.3 and 10.2 pulled her ahead of Bhaker into fourth, whose mark of 9.3 took her out of medal contention. Lower scoring series brought Yao back to Oh, with just 0.2 separating them. The Korean's form slipped with a 9.4 and the gap grew. Yao secured herself the bronze medal with a 10.8 on her second shot, denying any chance of the Olympic champion getting on the podium.
New Junior World Record Set as Singh Holds On
The work of the Indians had created a gap of 0.7 between them and importantly, a gap of 3.3 between Yao and second-placed Sainyam heading into the final four shots. Focused on the top two with that cushion, it was a matter of who would be crowned champion.
That gap grew when Yao scored an 8.8, meaning an insurmountable deficit of 4.6 sat between her and Sainyam, who shot a 10.1 to Singh's 9.8.
Yao would take the bronze, but Sainyam's 9.5 meant the gap to Singh would grow again as the leader scored a 9.9, with the lead up to 0.8.
Suruchi Singh would effectively secure the gold medal in her penultimate shot with a score of 10.6, as Sainyam scored 9.7. This brilliance would take the three-time 2025 ISSF World Cup gold medallist to the gold medal at the ISSF World Cup Final on her debut, breaking the junior world record with a total of 245.1, bettering the 2019 mark set by her compatriot and fellow finalist, Manu Bhaker.
Sainyam won the silver medal in her first ISSF World Cup Final, having only just made the top eight in qualification. For Yao Qianxun, also on her debut at the competition, it rounded off an incredible 2025 for her.
The work of the Indians had created a gap of 0.7 between them and importantly, a gap of 3.3 between Yao and second-placed Sainyam heading into the final four shots. Focused on the top two with that cushion, it was a matter of who would be crowned champion.
That gap grew when Yao scored an 8.8, meaning an insurmountable deficit of 4.6 sat between her and Sainyam, who shot a 10.1 to Singh's 9.8.
Yao would take the bronze, but Sainyam's 9.5 meant the gap to Singh would grow again as the leader scored a 9.9, with the lead up to 0.8.
Suruchi Singh would effectively secure the gold medal in her penultimate shot with a score of 10.6, as Sainyam scored 9.7. This brilliance would take the three-time 2025 ISSF World Cup gold medallist to the gold medal at the ISSF World Cup Final on her debut, breaking the junior world record with a total of 245.1, bettering the 2019 mark set by her compatriot and fellow finalist, Manu Bhaker.
Sainyam won the silver medal in her first ISSF World Cup Final, having only just made the top eight in qualification. For Yao Qianxun, also on her debut at the competition, it rounded off an incredible 2025 for her.
What the Athletes Had to Say
Suruchi Singh: "It was first my first ISSF World Cup Final and the experience was very good. I tried hard and it was why I got the win. I was like "ohhhhh" when I heard I got the world record."
Sainyam: "I really enjoyed the experience. My task this week set by coaches was to enjoy and I really did. I'm really grateful for what I've achieved today and I'm thankful for my parents and coaches who advised me and guided me to the right path.
"We [Sainyam and Suruchi Singh] compete in our camps and practices, so it was not new for me, but I could have done better in the last series. I don't know what just happened, I think it was pressure because it was my first World Cup Final and I just got into the final. It was intense, but I'm grateful."
Yao Qianxun: "This competition felt similar to other competitions. Nothing was special, but it was also a new experience and I was looking forward to this competition. I think I just need to focus on what I'm doing every day."
All results and information from the 2025 ISSF World Cup Final can be found here.
Suruchi Singh: "It was first my first ISSF World Cup Final and the experience was very good. I tried hard and it was why I got the win. I was like "ohhhhh" when I heard I got the world record."
Sainyam: "I really enjoyed the experience. My task this week set by coaches was to enjoy and I really did. I'm really grateful for what I've achieved today and I'm thankful for my parents and coaches who advised me and guided me to the right path.
"We [Sainyam and Suruchi Singh] compete in our camps and practices, so it was not new for me, but I could have done better in the last series. I don't know what just happened, I think it was pressure because it was my first World Cup Final and I just got into the final. It was intense, but I'm grateful."
Yao Qianxun: "This competition felt similar to other competitions. Nothing was special, but it was also a new experience and I was looking forward to this competition. I think I just need to focus on what I'm doing every day."
All results and information from the 2025 ISSF World Cup Final can be found here.