Indian Shooting Squad Strikes Gold on Day 1 of Asian Games
The Men’s 10m Air Rifle Team from India set a new world record.India wins first gold medal of the 2023 Asian Games. Rudrankksh Balasaheb Patil, Divyansh Singh Panwar, and Aishwary Pratap Singh Tomar’s team accomplished this feat, winning India’s first gold medal of the games and breaking the previous world record in the process.ย
They broke China’s previous world record at the Baku World Championship earlier that year. They scored 1893.7 points overall in the individual qualification round, surpassing the previous record. China came in third with a final score of 1888.2, followed in an orderly fashion by South Korea with 1890.1 points.
The squad received 631.6 points from Rudrankksh, who came in third in qualifying. Both Divyansh and Aishwary scored 629.6 and 631.6 points for India.
India wins gold in 10m air rifle team competition, sets world record
All three of India’s shooters qualified for the top 8 of the 10m Air Rifle competition, helping India win the gold medal in the team competition. However, according to Asian Games regulations, only two competitors from each nation may make it to the final. Rudranksh and Aishwary advanced to the final, but Divyansh was eliminated.
Rudrankksh and Divyansh both scored 104.8 in the first series, while Aishwary scored 104.1, resulting in a little slip-up for the Indian shooters. However, they quickly rebounded and continued to improve their ratings in the subsequent series. By the sixth series, the team had broken the world record with a score of 1893.7 points.
India won its first gold medal in the Asian Games 2023, a remarkable achievement. This win set the tone for India’s success at the games, as the country won five medals on the first official day of competition – three silver medals and two bronze medals.
The women’s 10m air rifle team, comprised of Ashi Chouksey, Mehuli Ghosh, and Ramita Jindal, earned India’s first medal at Hangzhou 2023. They won silver in the shooting competition.
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