Asian Games Shooting HIGHLIGHTS: Sarabjot finishes fourth in Men’s 10m air pistol individual final after team event GOLD; Skeet team fails to qualify

With that, India’s shooting events come to a close for the day. However, we will be providing live updates of all the other events where Indians are participating. You can check out out Asian Games LIVE blog in the link given below:

Skeet individual silver medallist Ananjeet Singh and Sekhon Ganemat fail to qualify for the skeet team final after finishing seventh in the standings.

Vietnam’s Huy Quang clinches gold!

Sarabjot missed out by a whisker! Korea’s Lee Wonho qualifies to the next eliminator with a solitary point difference

Sarabjot: 199.0

Lee: 200.0

Sarabjot’s scores-

Sarabjot and Bowen Chan of China are tied at 158.8 after 16th shot! And Sarabjot pips the Chinese.

Sarabjot: 179.5

Zhang: 178.3

Arjun bows out in the 1st elimination round with just 113.3 points. It’s just Sarabjot in contention now

Sarabjot, placed 5th:

Sarabjot gets off to a brisk start. The Indian has fired five shots now and has collected 49.1 points, including a 10.4 hit

Meanwhile, Arjun has had a middling first few shots. He has four 9+ points in his first five shots and is currently placed seventh

Sabarjot and Arjun will be in action shortly in the men’s individual final. About five minutes left for the event to start

While we wait for the men’s individual final, you can check out our overall blog to stay updated with all the Indian events that are scheduled today:

Sarabjot (580) and Arjun (578) have finished fifth and eighth respectively and are through to the finals of the individual event, that will happen at 9am IST!

Standings:

The shooters have done it yet again! They add another gold to India’s medal cabinet!

Here’s how the final standings look like in the team event:

India is almost assured of a medal in the Men’s 10m Air Pistol team event! They are currently placed first in the standings!

Arjun hits three consecutive nines to start series six and he’s out of top eight! He currently sits at 12.

Arjun finishes with 95 points, he has accumulated 578 points in total. Sarabjot is in top five now as he finishes series six with a 98! Both Indians are poised for an individual qualification now!

Arjun: 96 (8)

Sarabjot: 97 (11)

Shiva: Yet to complete

Arjun: 97 (8)

Sarabjot: 98 (12)

Shiva: 99

Arjun: 97 (6)

Sarabjot: 97 (21)

Shiva: 97 (27)

Arjun: 96 (10)

Sarabjot: 95 (27)

Shiva: 96 (37)

Meanwhile, on top of the standings is Vladimir Svechnikov of Uzbekistan with 197 points in total

Arjun: 97 (10)

Sarabjot: 95 (26)

Shiva: 92 (46)

*Within brackets - Ranking

Here’s how the shooters have fared after five shots out of a possible 50 points:

Arjun: 49

Sarabjot: 47

Shiva: 45

The Indian shooters have fired one shot each

Arjun Cheema: 10

Sarabjot Singh: 9

Shiva Narwwal: 9

India’s Sarabjot Singh, Shiva Narwal and Arjun Singh Cheema will be in action in the men’s 25m pistol qualification round

The Indian contingent had a wonderful outing yesterday in terms of medals as India clinched eight medals, including a gold in skeet and women’s 25m pistol team events.

Sarabjot Singh, Shiva Narwal & Arjun Singh Cheema – Men’s 10m Air Pistol Individual – Qualification - 06:30 IST

Sarabjot Singh, Shiva Narwal & Arjun Singh Cheema – Men’s 10m Air Pistol Team – Qualification& Final - 06:30 IST

Anantjeet Singh Naruka & Ganemat Sekhon- Skeet Mixed Team – Qualification – 06:30 IST

Sarabjot Singh, Shiva Narwal & Arjun Singh Cheema – Men’s 10m Air Pistol Individual – Final (If Qualified)–09:00 IST

Anantjeet Singh Naruka & Ganemat Sekhon - Skeet Mixed Team – Bronze Medal Match 1 (If Qualified) – 10:30 IST

Anantjeet Singh Naruka & Ganemat Sekhon - Skeet Mixed Team – Bronze Medal Match 2 (If Qualified) – 11:00 IST

Anantjeet Singh Naruka & Ganemat Sekhon - Skeet Mixed Team – Gold Medal (If Qualified) – 11:00 IST

Shooting events will be live streamed on Sony LIV and might be telecast across tte Sony Sports Network