Asian Games: Angad-Gurjoat-Anand clinch bronze in men's skeet shooting

HANGZHOU: India's epic run in the shooting competition at the ongoing Asian Games continued as 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.

"Remarkable display of skill and teamwork The Skeet Men's Team secures the BRONZE MEDAL! Their precision shooting has earned a place on the podium, and we couldn't be prouder! #Cheer4India #Hallabol #JeetegaBharat #BharatAtAG22," tweeted Sports Authority of India (SAI) Media.

This is India's tenth medal in shooting. Earlier, 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 Asian Games record was previously held by Mongolia.

The silver medal went to Qiongyue Zhang of China with 462.3 points and the bronze went to Ashi with 451.9 points.

With this, India got its ninth medal in shooting currently at the event and its fifth overall gold medal at the Asian Games Hangzhou.

Earlier today, 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 at the ongoing Asian Games in Hangzhou on Wednesday.

India got a total of 1759 points, enough to clinch the gold. The silver medal was secured by China with 1756 points. South Korea got the bronze medal with a total of 1742 points.

Also, Ashi Chouksey, Manini Kaushik and Sift Kaur Samara secured a silver medal for India in the women's 50 m rifle 3P team shooting event 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. India got a total of 1759 points, enough to clinch the gold.

The silver medal was secured by China with 1756 points. South Korea got the bronze medal with a total of 1742 points.

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. Now India has 19 medals at the ongoing Hangzhou meet, with five golds, five silvers and nine bronze medals.