Posted on September 26, 2026
India won another shooting medal in its quest to win more medals in the Asian Games as India won a silver medal in the women’s 50m rifle 3 positions team event. In the Asian Games 2026 competition, India won a silver medal after scoring 1,763 points by Tilottama Sen, Vidarsa Vinod, and Ashi Chouksey, which placed India second just behind China.
India Secures Silver in Women’s 50m Rifle 3P
In the 50m Rifle 3 Positions, the Indian trio gave a good performance through all the three stages of their qualification. India got 1,763 points, with China getting the maximum 1,773 points for the team category. The bronze medal was won by Kazakhstan, who managed 1,754 points. Moreover, the Chinese team also tied the Games record, thus indicating the standard of competition that the Indian shooters were facing.
In the Asian Games 2026 shooting event, once again it was proved that consistency is key in the kneeling, prone and standing categories. For a team sport, every score matters, and therefore stability matters during the qualification round.
Leading the way for India individually was Tilottama Sen, who scored 590 points. Third in the individual qualification standings and qualified herself for the eight-shooter final, she is now ready to compete in the next stage. Vidarsa Vinod too gave a good performance during her qualification round and managed to come back strongly to score 588 points.
Tilottama Sen and Vidarsa Vinod Reach Individual Final
Individual qualification turned out to be yet another very important event for India’s shooting program. Tillotama scored 590 points and demonstrated excellent results at all three positions, thus taking the place behind two Chinese shooters in the qualification list.
Vinod Vidarsa proved her ability to show the fight during the qualification process. After scoring 193 points in the kneeling position, she made up for it by getting 199 in prone and 196 in standing positions, having got 588 points in total. Her efforts brought her the sixth place and the access to the individual final.
Chouksey Aspi also contributed greatly to the silver medal for India in the team event. Having scored 585 points in the qualification, she did not manage to qualify for the individual final but her result, along with other members of the Indian team, made India take the second place in the team event.
This victory becomes even more impressive due to the format of the sport. It is necessary to compete in three positions and control, accuracy and constancy are required in all positions, as well as difficult series in one of the positions can spoil the qualification score of an athlete greatly.
What the Result Means for India’s Shooting Campaign
The silver for the women’s 50m rifle 3P adds to India’s medal efforts in the sport of shooting at the Asian Games 2026. The medal result is further indication of the quality in India’s women’s rifle team, with all three competitors contributing to the podium placing in the team event and two of them progressing to the individual final.
For Tilottama and Vidarsa, the individual final represented yet another chance to battle the best of Asia. The qualification scores were good enough for the two of them to make the top-eight final, while Ashi ensured that India had a medal in the team event.
The individual final was ultimately contested on Saturday. Tilottama ended up in fourth place with 337.3 points, while Vidarsa ended up in fifth place with 327.4 points. Chinese shooter Han Jiayu clinched gold in the individual final with 359.0 points, followed by Zhang Liyuan with silver at 358.8 and South Korean Kim Jieun with bronze at 348.4.
Thus, India’s silver in the team event became India’s main result in the women’s 50m rifle 3P contest. The performance by Tilottama, Vidarsa and Ashi proved that consistency and teamwork in this extremely close-scoring discipline can pay off.
Final Thoughts
Indian women shooters were successful as a team in the 50m rifle 3 positions competition. The Indian women managed to win a silver medal after putting up a hard fight against China and Kazakhstan in the qualifying rounds. In addition to that, Indian shooters Tilottama Sen and Vidarsa Vinod have secured places in the finals of this competition. The Indian shooter Ashi Chouksey contributed to the overall performance of the team in this event.
This is yet another milestone in India’s shooting campaign at the Asian Games.
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