The Indian shooting contingent continues to dominate at the ongoing
Asian Games in Hangzhou as the 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 USA since last year.
“First gold for the day Bharat’s 50m rifle 3Ps team, featuring the
trio – Aishwary Pratap Singh Tomar, Kusale Swapnil and Akhil Sheoran, secured
the gold medal today, beginning the day on a golden note! Let’s shower our
champions with applause and heartfelt congratulations for this remarkable
achievement! #Cheer4India #Hallabol #JeetegaBharat #BharatAtAG22,” tweeted SAI
Media.
This is Bharat’s 15th medal at the Asian Games at shooting at the
ongoing Hangzhou meet. Bharat has a total of 27 medals at the Asian Games Hangzhou, with
seven gold, nine silver and 11 bronze medals.
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 on Friday.
With a total of 1731 points, Bharat 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.
Earlier on Thursday, Sarabjot Singh, Shiva Narwal, and Arjun Singh
Cheema bagged another gold medal for India in the Men’s 10m Air Pistol Team at
the Hangzhou Asian Games here 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
