Asian Games Shooting HIGHLIGHTS: Aishwary wins SILVER in men’s 50m rifle 3P; Palak wins GOLD in women’s 10m air pistol

THAT’S ANOTHER MEDAL FOR INDIA IN SHOOTING! AISHWARY FINISHES SECOND TO CLINCH SILVER!

Asian Games 2023: Aishwary Pratap wins silver in men’s 50m rifle 3P; Swapnil Kusale finishes fourth

Asian Games 2023: Aishwary Pratap Singh won silver, while Swapnil Sunil Kusale finished fourth in the men’s 50m rifle 3-Positions individual event at the Asian Games 2023 in Hangzhou on Friday.

The podium:

Aishwary is still in medal contention with 450.0 points as China’s Tian settles for bronze with 448.3 points

After leading the event for quite a while, Swapnil is now out of medal contention as he finishes fourth with 438.9 points!

Swapnil shoots a 7.6 and that pushes him to fourth position!

Iran’s Norouziyan is the first to face elimination. He finishes eighth after 40 shots with 402.2 points.

Followed by Kim of Korea, who exits with the same amount of points

Swapnil holds on to his lead with 361.3 points at the top. Aishwary also gets a move on, he’s now at 4th with 358.1 points

Swapnil maintains the lead at the top with 310.8 points. Aishwary stays fifth with 306.4 points

The shooters have quickly made adjustments to their gear and are ready to start the next round

Swapnil continues to lead at the top! He is at the top with 310.8 points, 2.4 points ahead of second-placed Du Linshu

Aishwary moves up a spot with 306.4 points to his name

Superb composure from Swapnil as he currently sits first with 257.6 points! Aishwary is at sixth with 254.7

15 shots are done and that means the shooters will have to change positions from kneeling to prone now

Swapnil at third with 152.8 while Aishwary is sixth with 151.6 points

Swapnil’s stats:

Swapnil currently sits second with 103.6 points, behind China’s Du Linshu who has 103.7

Aishwary: 51.4

Swapnil: 48.8

Aishwary is currently languishing at the eighth spot after two 9+ shots and an 8.6 hit..

The shooters have taken position and are all set to start the proceedings. Expect a medal here, considering how Indian shooters have excelled so far in the event

Men’s 50m rifle 3P individual final. Aishwary and Swapnil will be in action at 11:30 am

The gold and silver medals from shooters have helped India climb up the ladder and move to fourth in the medal standings:

Asian Games 2023: Overall medals tally, September 29 - India fourth with 8 gold, 33 medals in total, China crosses 100-gold mark

India’s 10m air pistol women’s team of Esha Singh, Palak and Divya Thadigol clinched silver in the team event at the ongoing Asian Games on Friday.

Final showdown between Indians!

Palak clinches GOLD while Esha wins SILVER

Final standings:

1. Palak - 211.7

2. Esha - 209.5

3. Kishmala - 209.2

TWO MEDALS CONFIRMED FOR INDIA!

1. Palak - 201.8

2. Esha Singh - 200.0

3. Kishmala - 199.9

1. Esha - 182.0

2. Esha - 180.1

3. Talat Kishmala (PAK) - 179.9

The trend continues!

1. Palak - 162.0

2. Esha - 159.7

3. Chiaying Wu (TPE) - 159.5

14 shots into the final and both the Indian shooters are still top two

Palak is currently first with 141.0 points while Esha is second with 139.6 points

After series two, Esha is placed first while Palak sits second

With three 10+ shots, Esha Singh sits second after firing five shots

Just under five minutes to go for the women’s 10m air pistol individual final. Esha Singh and Palak will be in action in the event which starts at 9am IST

AND THEY HAVE DONE IT! THE INDIAN SHOOTERS HAVE CLINCHED YET ANOTHER GOLD MEDAL!

Aishwary and Swapnil are through to the individual final, which will happen at 11:30am IST

​REPORT​

Final standings in men’s 50m rifle 3p:

Another day, another shooting medal! Indian women team up to add a silver to India’s medal tally!

Palak and Esha are through to the final, which will happen at 9:00am IST

Tomar: 494, 97 - 591

Akhil: 489, 98 - 587

Swapnil: 494, 97 - 591

Identical finishes from two Indian shooters and they both are almost into the individual final

They are in top two currently!

Both men and women teams are poised to take the podium. Top three finish for both teams looks like a strong probability considering women’s team is constantly fluctuating between first two spots

Esha: 483, 96 - 579

Palak: 481, 96 - 577

Divya: 479, 96 - 575

Esha: 386, 97 - 483

Palak: 385, 96 - 481

Divya: 386, 93 - 479

Tomar: 386, 98 - 494

Akhil: 391, 98 - 489

Swapnil: 395, 99 - 494

Esha: 287, 99 - 386

Palak: 290, 95 - 385

Divya: 287, 99 - 386

Esha: 192, 95 - 287

Palak: 194, 96 - 290

Divya: 192, 95 - 287

Tomar - 199, 197 - 396

Akhil - 194, 197 - 391

Swapnil - 196, 199 - 395

Esha - 95, 97 - 192

Palak - 97, 97 - 194

Divya - 95, 97 - 192

Tomar - 199, 98 - 297

Akhil - 194, 98 - 292

Swapnil - 196, 100! - 296

Tomar - 99, 100! - 199

Akhil - 95, 99 - 194

Swapnil - 98,98 - 196

Esha - 95

Palak - 97

Divya - 95

Tomar - 99 points

Akhil - 95 points

Swapnil - 98 points

Tomar and Swapnil hit three consecutive 10s to get off to a brisk start. Meanwhile, Akhil has two nines and a 10

Palak starts with a nine while Esha Singh hits bullseye to grab all 10 points. Divya shoots 10 as well

Akhil Sheoran - 1135

Aishwary Pratap Singh Tomar - 1133

Swapnil Kusale - 1134

Palak - 1147

Esha Singh - 1148

Divya Subbaraju - 1149

Divya T S, Esha Singh, Palak – W 10m Air Pistol – Individual & Team – Qualification & Final – 06:30 IST

Aishwary Pratap Sing Tomar, Swapnil Suresh Kusale, Akhil Sheoran – M 50m Rifle 3Ps – – Individual & Team – Qualification & Final – 06:30 IST

Divya T S, Esha Singh, Palak – W 10m Air Pistol – Individual – Final (If Qualified) – 09:00 IST

Aishwary Pratap Sing Tomar , Swapnil Suresh Kusale, Akhil Sheoran – M 50m Rifle 3Ps – Individual – Final (If Qualified) – 11:30 IST

Shooters added another gold to India’s medal tally on September 28. Click the link below to know how that happened:

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