Asian Shooting Championships: India bags men's 10m Air Pistol team silver, Saurabh Chaudhary falters

The Indian men’s shooting team set the tone on the opening day of the 16th Asian Shooting Championships, as the 10m air pistol team clinched a silver medal in Shymkent, Kazakhstan, on Monday.

The Indian trio of Anmol Jain, Aditya Malra, and Saurabh Chaudhary won silver with a combined score of 1735. China topped the podium with 1744, while Iran claimed bronze with 1733.

Anmol finishes sixth

Despite the team’s strong overall performance, 2016 Youth Asian Champion Anmol Jain was the only shooter from the country to reach the individual final. However, in the final, Anmol finished sixth with a score of 155.1 points.

Earlier, Anmol had shot 580 to qualify for the final on the seventh spot (without RPO).

Meanwhile, Aditya Malra (579) and Saurabh Chaudhary (576) finished 11th and 19th, respectively, in the qualification round (without RPO).

Playing as RPO athletes, Amit Sharma topped the qualification round with a score of 588, while Varun Tomar finished fourth with 584.

Junior shooters bag three medals

The Indian junior team bagged a total of three medals. In the junior men 10m air pistol final, Kapil emerged the champion with a total score of 243 points while Jonathan Gavin Antony settled for a bronze with 220.7 points. Uzbekistan’s Ilkhombek Obidjonov took the silver with a score of 242.4 points in the same event.

The trio of Jonathan (582), Kapil (579) and Vijay Tomar (562) also claimed the team silver medal with 1723 points. They finished behind Korea (1734) and ahead of Kazakhstan (1712).