{"id":316990,"date":"2023-09-27T05:25:59","date_gmt":"2023-09-27T05:25:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/popularindinews.com\/?p=316990"},"modified":"2023-09-27T05:25:59","modified_gmt":"2023-09-27T05:25:59","slug":"asian-games-india-win-gold-in-womens-25m-pistol-event","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/popularindinews.com\/sport\/asian-games-india-win-gold-in-womens-25m-pistol-event\/","title":{"rendered":"Asian Games: India win gold in women’s 25m pistol event"},"content":{"rendered":"
The Indian trio of Manu Bhaker, Esha Singh and Rhythm Sangwan won the gold medal in the women’s 25m Pistol team event at the Asian Games on Wednesday.<\/p>\n
Manu, who finished the last rapid-fire series with 98 and topped the qualification round with 590, also made it to the final along with Esha, who finished fifth.<\/p>\n
Manu, Esha (586) and Rhythm (583) totalled 1759 points in qualification to strike gold, edging out China, who finished second with 1756 pts and South Korea settled for the third position with a total score of 1742.<\/p>\n
Earlier, the Indian women team also bagged the silver medal in the women’s 50m rifle 3 position event.<\/p>\n
Ashi Chouksey, Manini Koushik and Sift Kaur Samra combined to shoot a total of 1764 points in the qualification to finish second on the podium.<\/p>\n
Hosts China won the gold with an aggregate score of 1773, while South Korea bagged the bronze with a total score of 1756. <\/p>\n
Samra and Chauksey qualified for the finals as well by finishing second and sixth respectively, while Kaushik bowed out in the individual event by finishing 18th. <\/p>\n
Sift scored a total of 594 to create a joint new Asian record for qualifying.<\/p>\n