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It was a double delight for India at the Asian Airgun Championships as Gurpreet Singh and Jitu Rai won a silver and a bronze medal respectively in the 10m Air Pistol final in new Delhi on Tuesday.
For a considerable part during the course of the final, The 28-year-old Asian Games gold medalist fired several shots in the nine range but continued to remain hang on, falling outside the top 3 just once during the course of the final.
It was the other way round for Gurpreet though, who had to climb his way up to the top after being tied 5th at one point. Rai fired a combined tally of 177.6 to finish third in the overall group of 8 shooters while Gurpreet ended the final with a score of 197.6 to finish ahead of his fellow countrymen. Sepehr Safari Boroujeni of Iran won the gold with a score of 198.7.
There was disappointment though, for Omkar Singh, who was the first shooter to be eliminated from the final after losing out on a shoot off to Mohammad Ahmadi of Iran. This is now the third straight day that India would have a shooter on the podium.
Abhinav Bindra clinched the gold in the Men’s 10m Air Rifle event on Sunday while Ayonika Pual won the bronze in the Women’s 10m Air Rifle event on Monday.
