Asian Games 2023: India wins first gold; men’s air rifle team breaks record

Hangzhou: India's Men's 10m Air Rifle Team has broken the World Record to win the first gold medal for India in the ongoing Asian Games 2023.

The team of world champion Rudrankksh Patil, Olympian Divyansh Panwar and Aishwary Pratap Singh Tomar aggregated 1893.7 in the qualification round to better the world record of 1893.3 set by China.

Meanwhile, India also secured a bronze medal in the in Men's Four Rowing event, where the quartet of Jaswinder, Bheem, Punit and Ashish recorded a time of 6:10.81.

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