India, May 28 -- Esha Singh clinched gold in the women's 25m pistol category with a world record score of 43 on the second day of the ISSF World Cup in Munich. In the final, the three-time world championship medallist shot perfect fives in half of the 10 series of five shots as home favourite Doreen Vennekamp had to settle for silver. Meanwhile, Bulgaria's Miroslava Mincheva got bronze. Meanwhile, reigning Olympic champion Yang Jiin finished in fifth position.

Esha's victory was also India's first medal at the Munich World Cup. It is her fourth individual World Cup medal.

Speaking to the media, she said, "Munich meant a lot to me. Everyone knows the kind of competition that goes on here, especially in pistol. I mean even getting into th...