The 22-year-old from Maharashtra reached the final in third position after scoring 635.1, behind World No. 1 Wang Zifei of China and Paris Olympics champion Hyojin Ban of South Korea.

Serbian 18-year-old Andelija Stevanovic, competing in her debut senior World Cup, won the gold medal with a total score of 252.3, with the final decided on the last shot. Japan’s Nobata Misaki achieved her first senior World Cup medal by claiming silver with 252.0 points. Wang Zifei took bronze with 231.1, while Olympic champion Ban finished fourth.

During the final, Sakshi began with a 10.5 and concluded the first series with 51.5 to occupy sixth place. She followed with scores of 10.6, 10.4, 10.6, 10.0 and 10.5 in the second series, maintaining sixth position with 52.1 points. In the single-shot series, she hit two 10.3 scores and then two 10.5 shots in her 13th to open a 0.4 lead over Oceanne Mueller of France in seventh. Mueller responded with a 10.9 in the 14th shot, prompting a shoot-off, where Sakshi scored 10.5 but Mueller achieved 10.7 to secure sixth place.

Sakshi finished with a final tally of 145.2 points. Oceanne Mueller advanced to fifth place. Other Indian shooters included Elavenil Valarivan, who ranked 19th with 632.1, and Arya Borse, who placed 63rd with 627.6 in a field of 146 competitors. The top 12 shooters scored 633.0 or above, highlighting the event’s competitiveness.

Vidarsa K. Vinod and Tilottama Sen, competing for ranking points, placed 27th and 32nd respectively, with scores of 630.6 and 630.1.

In the 25m Rapid Fire Pistol Stage 1, Olympian Anish Bhanwala finished 18th with 290-10x points, remaining in contention for a top-eight position. Senior-level debutants Suraj Sharma and Udhayveer Sidhu scored 284-11x and 288-14x respectively and face challenges to reach the final.

Tomorrow, the penultimate day of competition, will feature finals in the 10m Air Pistol Women, 50m Rifle 3 Positions Men and 25m Rapid Fire Pistol events.