Asian Games 2023: Bhaker-Sangwan-Esha Trio Win 25m Pistol Women Team Gold; 50m Rifle 3P Team Bag Silver & Men's Skeet Team Win Bronze

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Hangzhou, September 27: Indian shooters added their tenth medal in Asian Games 2023 as 25m Pistol Women's Team and 50m Rifle 3 Postions Women's Team bagged gold and silver on Wednesday (September 27) at the Fuyang Yinhu Sports Centre in Hangzhou, China.

The trio of Manu Bhaker, Esha Singh and Rhythm Sangwan, who qualified for the individual finals, clinched the fourth gold medal for India in the ongoing continental event with a total score of 1759 points. This is India's 19th medal in the games so far.

The silver medal went to China and the bronze to Korea as Bhaker, who had a total of 590-28x, topped the individual qualifying round, while Esha finished fifth with a score of 586-17x to qualify for final.

Rhythm finished seventh with a score of 583-23x, but will not compete in the individual final later in the day as only two competitors from a country are eligible to contest in the final.

Earlier on Wednesday (September 27), the Indian shooting trio of Ashi Chouksey, Manini Kaushik and Sift Kaur Samara secured a silver medal for India in the women's 50m Rifle 3 Positions team event with a score of 1754 points.

The gold medal went to China, who had a score of 1773 points. South Korea walked away with the silver medal with 1756 points. This was India's sixth medal in shooting. Sift and Ashi also qualified for the individual final.

While Sift finished second with a score of 594-28x, Ashi finished sixth with a score of 590-27x to qualify for the individual final event, which is scheduled for later on Wednesday (September 27).

Later in the day, the men's skeet team of Anant Jeet Singh Naruka, Gurjoat Khangura and Angad Veer Singh Bajwa won bronze with 355 points. Naruk also qualified for the individual final.

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.