Wednesday, December 9, 2015

Jitu Rai won silver in 13th Asian Shooting Championship

Ace shooter Jitu Rai won India’s first senior medal at the 13th Asian Shooting Championship, finishing second behind Korea’s Park Daehun in the finals of the men’s 50m pistol.
Venue : Kuwait
Park shot a finals world and Asian record score of 199.2 to clinch the gold medal. Jitu finished with a finals score of 189.5 and qualified for the finals in 7th position with a score of 555.
Asian Shooting Championship Winners
10m air rifle junior men’s event
GoldXuechao Qian of China
SilverAkhil Sheoran of India
BronzePrashant of India
Team silverAkhil, Prashant  and Pratik Borse of India
Team bronzeSatyajeet Kandhol, Gajendra Rai and Babu Mithiliesh of India
Junior Women’s 50m Rifle Prone Event
Gold Fatemeh Karamzadeh of Iran
SilverN Gayathri of India
BronzeNajmeh Khidmati of Iran
Team SilverGayathri, Srinithi Venkatesh and Sonika
Asian Shooting Championship :
  • TheAsian Shooting Championships are governed by the Asian Shooting Confederation . Asian Shooting Championships began in 1967.
  • These championships, including almost allISSF shooting events, are held every four years.

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