India, Nov. 11 -- Reigning Asian champion and two-time Olympian Aishwary Pratap Singh Tomar reaffirmed his class with a sublime display at the ISSF rifle/pistol World Championships, claiming silver in the 50m 3 Position event in Cairo on Tuesday.

Tomar shot 466.9 in the eight-man final, just 0.2 points behind China's Olympic champion Liu Yukun, who secured a wire-to-wire victory in the final. Tomar though had his chance till the last competition shot.

The 24-year-old gave signs of things to come in the 60-shot qualification round itself, nailing two perfect series each in the kneeling and prone segments. With 200/200 in kneeling and prone behind him, Tomar missed the mark only thrice across two standing series of 10 shots each, ending t...