Asian Airgun C'ships: Sarabjot, Esha add to India’s gold tally

Sarabjot Singh and Esha Singh won gold medals in the 10m air pistol events at the Asian Airgun Championships on Saturday.

Published : Mar 30, 2019 14:26 IST , New Delhi

Esha Singh won the 10m air pistol women’s junior event at the 12th Asian Airgun Championships. (File Photo)
Esha Singh won the 10m air pistol women’s junior event at the 12th Asian Airgun Championships. (File Photo)
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Esha Singh won the 10m air pistol women’s junior event at the 12th Asian Airgun Championships. (File Photo)

Esha Singh overwhelmed the field, winning the junior women’s air pistol gold with a 5.1 point margin over Yun Seonjeong of Korea in the 12th Asian Airgun championship in Taoyuan, Chinese Taipei, on Saturday.

It was the second gold for the 13-year-old Esha who had earlier partnered Vijayveer Sidhu for the mixed air pistol gold.

After qualifying on top with 576, a clear eight point margin over the next best, Esha accumulated 240.1 points, despite a 7.8 on the second shot.

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Esha Singh won the individual gold and team silver in junior women's air pistol event.
 

In partnership with Harshada Nithave and Devanshi Dhama, Esha won the team silver, seven points behind Korea.

It may be recalled that Esha was outstanding in sweeping the women’s junior and youth gold medals in the last national championship held in Thiruvananthapuram.

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In the junior men’s event, Sarabjot Singh, who had topped qualification with 579, won the gold 1.2 point ahead of Kim Woojong of Korea.

World junior champion Vijayveer Sidhu lost the shoot-off after a tie with the Korean and settled for the bronze, ahead of compatriot Arjun Singh Cheema.

The Indian trio bagged the gold with a total of 1718, for a 19-point margin victory over Chinese Taipei.

The Indian team has so far won eight gold, four silver and two bronze medals. The air rifle individual events will be in competition over the next two days.

The results:

10m air pistol:

Junior men: 1. Sarabjot Singh 237.8 (579); 2. Kim Wojong (Kor) 236.6 (576); 3. Vijayveer Sidhu 217.5 (567); 4. Arjun Singh Cheema 195.8 (572).

Team: 1. India 1718; 2. Chinese Taipei 1699; 3. Singapore 1687.

Junior women: 1. Esha Singh 240.1 (576); 2. Yun Seonjeong (Kor) 235.0 (565); 3. Yu-Ju Chen (Tpe) 214.8 (551); 5. Harshada Nithave 171.4 (566); 8. Devanshi Dhama 110.7 (555).

Team: 1. Korea 1694; 2. India 1687; 3. Chinese Taipei 1652.

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