New Delhi, Nov 18 (Ians) Indian shooters clinched both the top podiums on offer at the Asian Airgun Championship 2022 on Friday to finish the competition in Daegu, South Korea, with 25 gold medals.
On the final day, Rhythm Sangwan and Vijayveer Sidhu won the 10m air pistol mixed team gold medal while Manu Bhaker and Samrat Rana finished top in the corresponding junior shooting competition.
Rhythm and Vijayveer beat Kazakhstan’s Valeriy Rakhimzhan and Irina Yunusmetova 17-3 in the senior mixed team finals. Earlier, they had also topped qualifying with a score of 579 while the Kazakhs came in second with 577.
Shiva Narwal and Yuvika Tomar, the other Indian team in the fray, also made a medal match after finishing fourth in the qualifying round with 572. Up against the Korean team of Bomi Kim and Daemyung Lee, though, the Indian shooting duo fell short by a 16-6 scoreline to finish outside the podium.
On the final day, Rhythm Sangwan and Vijayveer Sidhu won the 10m air pistol mixed team gold medal while Manu Bhaker and Samrat Rana finished top in the corresponding junior shooting competition.
Rhythm and Vijayveer beat Kazakhstan’s Valeriy Rakhimzhan and Irina Yunusmetova 17-3 in the senior mixed team finals. Earlier, they had also topped qualifying with a score of 579 while the Kazakhs came in second with 577.
Shiva Narwal and Yuvika Tomar, the other Indian team in the fray, also made a medal match after finishing fourth in the qualifying round with 572. Up against the Korean team of Bomi Kim and Daemyung Lee, though, the Indian shooting duo fell short by a 16-6 scoreline to finish outside the podium.
- 11/18/2022
- by Glamsham Bureau
- GlamSham
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