The competition was closely contested, with Bertschi and Bachmann-Senti separated only by their inner-ten counts after six series. Bertschi opened with 100 and maintained a consistently high level throughout, dropping just four points across the 60 shots. Bachmann-Senti also finished strongly, recording perfect scores in the fourth and fifth series before closing with 99.
Vatne completed the top three with 595 points and the highest inner-ten count among the leading competitors, 38x. Poland’s Karolina Romanczyk also scored 595, finishing fourth with 31x.
Germany’s Veronique Muenster and France’s Olivia Popielski followed on 594 points, with 33x and 30x respectively. Great Britain’s Seonaid McIntosh placed seventh with 593-26x, ahead of Austria’s Verona Foelzer, who recorded 593-22x.
Austria’s Jasmin Kitzbichler finished ninth with 592-29x, while Switzerland’s Marta Szabo Bouza rounded out the top ten with 591-25x.
The women’s 300m Rifle Prone competition did not meet the minimum participation requirements to be conducted as an official World Championship event. Therefore, no official World Championship titles or medals are awarded, and the results are not included in the championship medal standings.
The competition took place at Egypt’s International Olympic City as part of the ISSF World Championship 300m Rifle Cairo 2026, which runs from 15 to 20 October.