Asian Games 2023: India wins silver medal in women’s 50m rifle 3P team event, bags men’s shotgun skeet team bronze
India had a total score of 1764, nine behind China who took the gold. Republic of Korea clinched bronze with 1756.
Published : Sep 27, 2023 08:11 IST - 1 MIN READ
FILE PHOTO: Sift Kaur Samra | Photo Credit: AM Faruqui/The Hindu
Indian trio of Sift Kaur Samra, Ashi Chouksey and Manini Kaushik won silver medal in the women’s 50m rifle 3 Positions team event at the Asian Games in Hangzhou, China, on Wednesday.
India had a total score of 1764, nine behind China who took the gold. Republic of Korea clinched bronze with 1756.
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Samra set a new National Record of 594 and finished second to progress to the individual final. China’s Xia Siyu, who had the same score as the Indian, topped the qualification round due to more inner 10s.
Chouksey too made it to the individual final in sixth spot with a total of 590. Kaushik finished 18th with 580.
Indian men’s shotgun skeet team bagged bronze with a score of 355. The team comprising of Angad Vir Singh, Gurjoat Siingh, Anant Jeet Singh was placed below China and Qatar, who won gold and silver, respectively.
Anant was the sole Indian, who qualified for the men’s shotgun skeet individual event, which will take place later in the day.