Cairo | Olympian Aishwary Pratap Singh Tomar clinched the silver medal in the men's 50m rifle 3 positions after equalling the world record in the event's qualification at the ISSF World Championship here on Tuesday.

Aishwary shot 466.9 to finish second in the competition behind China's Yukun Liu (467.1) and ahead of France's Romain Aufrere (454.8).

Niraj Kumar, the other Indian in the final, shot 432.6 to end in fifth place.

Earlier in the day, the 24-year-old Aishwary equalled the world record to qualify for the final of the men's 50m rifle 3 positions event in the prestigious tournament.

Aishwary shot 597-40x in qualification to match the world record mark, while compatriot Niraj also advanced to the final with a score of 592.