Asian Games 2023: Team India clinches another Gold in Men’s 10m Air Pistol

India seems unstoppable at Asian Games now. Another stellar performance by India continues in shooting events as  Sarabjot Singh, Shiva Narwal, and Arjun Singh Cheema bagged another gold medal for India in the Men’s 10m Air Pistol Team at the Hangzhou Asian Games 2023 on Thursday. According to the sources, the Indian team finished one […]

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India seems unstoppable at Asian Games now. Another stellar performance by India continues in shooting events as  Sarabjot Singh, Shiva Narwal, and Arjun Singh Cheema bagged another gold medal for India in the Men’s 10m Air Pistol Team at the Hangzhou Asian Games 2023 on Thursday.

According to the sources, the Indian team finished one point ahead of silver medal holders China. The total gold for India jumps to five after this. Notably, this is the fourth gold medal in shooting.

Sarabjot Singh made a comeback during the contest and finished fifth, qualifying for the individual event final. Arjun Singh Cheema placed eighth and advanced to the final. Shiva Narwal placed 14th and was unable to go to the individual final, but the Indian team’s overall score was enough to defeat China by one point and win the gold medal.

With 1734 points Indian team clinched the gold, China stood second with 1733 points and Vietnam secured the bronze with 1730 points.

Before this on Wednesday, Sift Kaur Samra bagged a gold in the women’s 50 m rifle 3P individual final on Wednesday.

The Indian shooting trio of Manu Bhaker, Esha Singh and Rhythm Sangwan continued the country’s dominating run at shooting as they captured a Gold medal in the women’s 25 m pistol team event on Wednesday.

Earlier, team India’s shooting trio, Divyansh Panwar, Rudrankksh Patil, and Aishwary Tomar, clinched first gold in shooting in the men’s 10 m air rifle team event.

As of now India have 23 medals at the Asian Games which include 5 Golds.