The Indian contingent’s unprecedented run in shooting at the
ongoing Asian Games in Hangzhou continues as 17 years old Palak secured a gold
medal while 18 years old Esha Singh secured a silver medal in the 10m air
pistol women’s individual final on Friday.
With an individual score of 242.1 points, Palak not only won the
gold, but also established a new Asian Games record in her category, going past
China’s record from 2018.
Esha won the silver with 239.7 points, continuing her incredible
run as a shooter in Hangzhou with her fourth medal of these games.
With this, Bharat’s shooting medal tally in Hangzhou has gone up to
17. Now, Bharat has a total of 30 medals at the ongoing Asian Games,
with eight gold, 11 silver and 11 bronze medals.
Earlier, men’s trio of Swapnil Kusal, Aishwary Pratap Singh Tomar
and Akhil Sheoran clinched a gold medal at the 50 m rifle men’s 3P event on
Friday.
With a score of 1769 points, Team Bharat secured the gold. The
silver medal was won by 1763 points and the bronze medal went to South Korea
with 1748 points. With their score, Bharat also broke the world record of 1761
points held by US since last year.
Earlier, the shooting trio of Esha Singh, Palak and Divya Subbaraju
continued the country’s unstoppable run at shooting as they secured a silver
medal in the women’s 10 m air rifle pistol team final at the ongoing Asian
Games.
With a total of 1731 points, India managed to get their hands on
silver, falling just five short of gold, which was won by China with 1736
points. Chinese Taipei secured the bronze medal with 1723 points.
Sarabjot Singh, Shiva Narwal, and Arjun Singh Cheema bagged another
gold medal for Bharat in the Men’s 10m Air Pistol Team at the Hangzhou Asian
Games on Thursday.
The match-up saw a comeback from Sarabjot Singh to qualify in fifth
place for the final of the individual event.
Arjun Singh Cheema qualified for the final in 8th place. Shiva
Narwal failed to qualify for the individual final finishing 14th but the Indian
team’s combined score was enough to edge out China by one point for Gold.
With 1734 points Indian team clinched the gold, China stood second
with 1733 points and Vietnam secured the bronze with 1730 points.
ANI
