At the present Asian Games in China, India has won 16 medals, including four gold, five silver, and seven bronze...
Digital Desk: The Indian Trio team of Manu Bhaker, S Esha Singh, and Rhythm Sangwan won gold in the women's 25m Pistol team event at the Asian Games held in Hangzhou, China, on Wednesday.
India received a total score of 1759, narrowly defeating China, who received the silver medal with a score of 1756. The Republic of Korea won the bronze medal with a score of 1742. Manu performed admirably throughout the qualification round, topping the charts with a score of 590.
Esha performing commendably, finishes in sixth with a score of 586. Rhythm was disqualified from the finals despite having a strong score of 583 since there can only be two shooters from each nation. Esha placed sixth, Manu came in first, and Rhythm Sangwan came in seventh.
Day 4 Updates: The women's 25m pistol team individual final got underway at 12 PM IST.
A total of 22 medals have now been won by India, with shooting events accounting for half of them. The day's highlight was Sift Kaur Samra, who won gold in the individual event with a world record and team silver in the team 50m rifle 3P event. The 25m pistol competition was won by the women's team as well, a great day concluding with India winning seven medals in shooting today.
