India bags rich haul of 21 medals including six gold at Asian Airgun Shooting Championships

Wako City, December 12: Indian contingent bagged a rich haul of 21 medals including six gold, eight silver and seven bronze medals at the 10th Asian Airgun Shooting Championships which was concluded on Monday in Wako City, Japan.

 

On the last of a championship, Saurabh Chaudhary and Manu Bhaker booked quota places for the 2018 Youth Olympic Games (YOG) by winning a gold and a silver each. Saurabh Chaudhary won both the individual as well as the Team gold in the men's 10m Air Pistol Youth event, while Bhaker clinched a silver in the women's 10m Air Pistol Youth. India claimed another silver in junior women's 10m Air Pistol.

Importantly, India added four medals to their kitty on the final day of the competition to finish with a total haul of 21 medals over four days, including six gold, eight silver and seven bronze, besides four Youth Olympic Games quotas.

Earlier, Pistol aces Jitu Rai, Heena Sidhu and Anmol Jain clinched individual medals in addition to three team medals of all colours on the third day of the championship. Ravi Kumar won an individual bronze in the men's 10 metre air rifle while Arjun Babuta won individual silver in the corresponding junior men's event. In the women’s 10m air rifle, Anjum Moudgil won silver.