India wins silver in men's 10m Air Pistol team at Asian Shooting Championship

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19 Aug 2025, 14:05 GMT+10

New Delhi [India], August 19 (ANI): The Indian pair of Anmol Jain, Saurabh Chaudhary and Aditya Malra opened the country's medal tally at the ongoing Asian Shooting Championship 2025 as they won a silver medal in the men's 10m air pistol team event on Monday.

Competing at the Shymkent Shooting Plaza in Kazakhstan, the Indian trio tallied 1735-52x to finish behind the People's Republic of China's Hu Kai, Changjie You and Yifan Zhang, who took the gold with 1744-51x, as per Olympics.com.

The Islamic Republic of Iran bagged the bronze medal with 1733-62x.

In the individual competition, Anmol Jain was the lone Indian shooter to make the cut for the final round after finishing ninth with 580-17x. India's Amit Sharma (588-24x) topped the qualifying rounds, while Varun Tomar (584-24x) was fourth, but both were shooting for Ranking Points Only (RPO).

Aditya Malra was 13th in qualifying with 579-20x, while Saurabh Chaudhary, an Olympian and Asian Games gold medal winner, was 21st with 576-15x.

In the final. Anmol finished sixth with a score of 155.1. Hu Kai won gold, with the Republic of Korea's Suhyeon Hong and Iran's Amir Joharikhou completing the podium.

The Indian senior shooting squad for the Asian competition comprises 35 members competing for medals in 15 events. Two-time Olympic medallist Manu Bhaker is also in the mix.

A total of 129 Indian shooters will also compete in the junior events at the Shymkent meet, as per Olympics.com. (ANI)

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