Doha (Qatar), Nov. 8 -- Niveditha Veloor Nair won the individual bronze medal in the women's 25m standard pistol shooting event at the ISSF World Championship 2026 here on Sunday.

The Indian shooter finished with 567-13x, placing third. The People's Republic of China's Xiao Jiaruixuan topped the field in the non-Olympic shooting event with 569-10x while Hungary's Veronika Major took silver with 568-13x, according to olympics.com.

Both Xiao Jiaruixuan and Veronika Major are individual Olympic medallists in the women's 25m pistol discipline. Niveditha's compatriots Manvi Jain and Simranpreet Kaur Brar finished eighthand 10th in the individual standings, scoring 560-10x and 555-10x, respectively.

In the team event, the trio of Niveditha Nai...