New Delhi, Nov. 5 -- India's Manu Bhaker and Suruchi Inder Singh qualified for the women's 10m air pistol final at the ISSF World Championships on Thursday, keeping the country's hopes of winning its first medal in an Olympic shooting event alive. The duo also teamed up with Sainyam to secure the silver medal in the team competition.

The ongoing championships are the first major shooting event offering quota places for the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics in individual events. India are yet to win a medal or secure a quota place in any of the Olympic disciplines at the competition.

Manu, a double bronze medallist at the 2024 Paris Olympics, finished third in the qualification round with a score of 583 to comfortably make the eight-shooter final....