2023-09-30 08:42:26
Aishwari Pratap Singh Tomar was a second class student when shooting star Abhinav Bindra won a historic gold medal in the 2008 Beijing Olympics. Isha Singh was 3 years old. Both of them who have become India’s front runners by winning 4 medals each in shooting at the Asian Games held more than 15 years ago had only one name – Abhinav Bindra. It was India’s first Olympic gold medal champion who inspired them to enter the field of shooting.
From a single name to an Olympic medal, the shooting range continues to bring pride to India at the Asian Games. With 2 more golds and 3 silvers won yesterday, India’s shooting medal tally in Hangzhou has reached 18. The shooting team, which broke the record of 14 medals at the 2006 Games, still has a few more matches to go in this Asian Games.
India on the sixth day
Yesterday was a day when India, which has won a medal in shooting since the first day of the Asian Games, got stronger in the range. A total of 5 medals were won in the 4 events that were contested on the 6th day. It was started by the Indian team who won gold in the men’s 50m air rifle event with a world record. The team of Aishwari Pratap Singh Tomar, Swapnil Kusale and Akhil Sheoran set a new record by scoring 1769 points.
Haryana’s 17-year-old Palak Gulia won the gold in the 10m air pistol individual event, while Hyderabad’s 18-year-old Isha Singh secured the silver medal.
In the same category, the team of Palak Gulia, Isha Singh and TS Divya won silver. It is Isha’s fourth medal and Palak’s second medal.
Madhya Pradesh’s Aishwari Pratap Singh also joined the 4-medal winners club by winning silver in the 50m rifle 3-position individual event. 22-year-old Aishwari’s achievements are 2 gold, one silver and one bronze.
Silver in Tennis and Bronze in Squash
India’s Ramkumar Ramnathan-Saketh Maineni team, who went in search of gold in men’s tennis doubles, had to settle for silver. The women’s squash team lost to Hong Kong (2–1) in the semi-finals and the Indian team clinched the bronze. The team members were Anhat Singh, Joshna Chinnappa, Tanvi Khanna and Malayali star Deepika Pallikal. Joshna won the singles match in the semis while Anhat and Tanvi lost.
English Summary : India got eighteen medals from asian games shooting range
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