Asian Games: Indian Shooters Capture Silver In Women's 50m Rifle 3P Team Event

The Indian shooting trio of Ashi Chouksey, Manini Kaushik and Sift Kaur Samra secured a silver medal for India in the women's 50 m rifle 3P team shooting event at the ongoing Asian Games in Hangzhou on Wednesday. With a score of 1754 points, India secured a silver medal at the event, falling just 19 points short of a gold medal. The gold medal went to China, who had a score of 1773 points. South Korea walked away with the silver medal with 1756 points. This is India's sixth medal in shooting.

Team India Shines Bright

Incredible marksmanship on display!

Congratulations to our phenomenal trio, @SiftSamra, Manini Kaushik, and Ashi Chouksey, on their stellar performance in the 50m Rifle 3 Positions Women's Team event!

Very well done, girls!!... pic.twitter.com/wTC9e3XwVz

Earlier, the team of Divyansh Singh Panwar, Rudrankksh Patil, Aishwary Pratap Singh Tomar had captured a world-record-breaking gold in men's 10 metre air rifle team. Also in the women's 10 m air rifle team, the trio of Mehuli Ghosh, Ramita Jindal and Ashi Chouksey had got a silver.

Ramita also secured a bronze medal in the women's 10 m air rifle individual event.

Aishwary had also won a bronze in the men's 10 m air rifle individual event.

The men's 25 m rapid-fire pistol trio of Adarsh Singh, Vijayveer Sidhu and Anish Bhanwala had also got a bronze to their name.

This is India's 15th medal at the ongoing continental meet. They have a total of three golds, five silver and seven bronze medals.

The shooting events at the Asian Games Hangzhou will be conducted from September 24 to October 1. A total of 33 medal events will be taking place across rifle, pistol and shotgun categories at the Fuyang Yinhu Sports Centre.

Olympian Manu Bhaker and former world champion