Teh Xiu Yi Takes Cairo Gold by One Hit

Gunfire Magazine · October 13, 2026 · 2 min read

Singapore’s Teh Xiu Yi won the women’s 25m pistol final at the Cairo World Cup on October 12. Her 38 hits put her one ahead of France’s Heloise Fourre, while Bulgaria’s Miroslava Mincheva took bronze with 32. The result comes from the ISSF’s October 12 report.

Teh had been second in qualification with 585 points. India’s Rhythm Sangwan topped that round with 587 and finished fourth in the final with 26 hits. Those figures use the units reported for each stage: qualification points and final hits. They should not be collapsed into a single numerical comparison.

That small distinction is useful for anyone discovering the discipline through a short highlight. A reader seeing 585 next to 38 might reasonably wonder whether the scores refer to the same measurement. Good coverage should label the stage and unit at the moment the number appears, instead of expecting a newcomer to decode a results sheet first.

Our takeaway is about the viewing experience rather than a claim about technique. Closely separated totals reward patient attention to the official standings, particularly when edited footage skips parts of the contest. A photograph of a celebration, meanwhile, cannot establish a score or explain why a placing changed. This account relies on the federation’s written result and makes no claim to be an eyewitness report. For a fuller view, use the official report alongside any available replay, keeping the final result visible as a reference. That approach helps preserve the achievement of each medalist without inventing drama, dialogue or motivations that the published record does not supply.

Explore more shooting sports and read Gunfire’s editorial standards. Source reporting was checked on October 13, 2026; the original announcement date appears in the source box.

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