NEW DELHI, April 1
Indian shooters claimed five gold medals on the final day of the Asian Airgun Championships to sign off with a total of 25 medals in Taoyuan, Taipei.
India finished with 16 gold, five silver and four bronze medals. On the last day of the competition, Yash Vardhan and Shreya Agarwal bagged three gold medals each. Yash finished on top in the 10m Air Rifle men’s junior event. He then clinched the yellow metal in the team competition with his partners Keval Prajpati and Aishwary Tomar. Yash scored 249.5 points while Keval and Aishwary shot 247.3 and 226.1 for silver and bronze, respectively.
Shreya on fire
Earlier, Yash and Shreya combined to win the Mixed Team Rifle junior event. Shreya also won the gold in the 10m Air Rifle women’s junior event, and the team gold with Mehuli Ghosh and Kavi Chakkaravarthy. Shreya’s gold-winning 24 shots ended on an impressive score of 252.5, while Mehuli settled for an individual bronze with an effort of 228.3. Kavi was fourth. The Indian shooters’ next assignment will be the ISSF Shotgun World Cup Stage 2, scheduled for Al Ain (UAE) from April 5. — PTI
Prominent gold winners
10m Air Rifle Junior Women Shreya Agarwal
10m Air Rifle Women Elavenil Valarivan
10m Air Pistol Junior Women Esha Singh
10m Air Pistol Women Manu Bhaker
10m Air Rifle Junior Men Yash Vardhan
10m Air Rifle Men Divyansh Panwar
10m Air Pistol Junior Men Sarabjot Singh
10m Air Rifle Mixed Junior Team Shreya Agarwal/ Yash Vardhan
10m Air Pistol Mixed Team Manu Bhaker/ Saurabh Chaudhary
10m Air Pistol Mixed Junior Team Esha Singh/Vijayveer Sidhu
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