Asian Games 2023: Esha Singh Bags Silver In Women's 25m Pistol Final

Pistol Shooter Esha Singh secured a silver medal for India in the 25 m women's pistol final at the ongoing Hangzhou Asian Games on Wednesday.  With a total of 34 points, she secured a silver medal. The gold medal went to China's Rui Liu who had 38 points. The bronze medal was bagged by South Korea's Jiin Yaang, who had 29 points. Manu Bhaker, the Indian olympian had a disappointing outing with just 21 points, which earned her the fifth position. Manu Bhaker's poor performance in the final was largely due to a pistol malfunction.

This is India's 11th medal in shooting at the ongoing Asian Games. India has surpassed its best tally of nine medals in shooting from the previous Asian Games back in 2018.

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Earlier, the men's skeet team of Angad Vir Singh, Gurjoat Singh and Anand Jeet Singh bagged a bronze medal on Wednesday. With 355 points, India secured the bronze medal. The gold medal went to China with 362 points and Qatar secured the silver medal with 359 points. India's Sift Kaur Samra bagged a gold while Ashi Chouksey got a bronze medal in the women's 50 m rifle 3P individual final at the ongoing Asian Games in Hangzhou on Wednesday, giving the country a double podium finish.

With a score of 469.6 points, Sift not only topped the charts to secure a gold, but also broke the world record, Asian record and the Asian Games record. The world record was held by Great Britain, the Asian record was held by China and the