Hangzhou: Indian shooters displayed outstanding prowess at the Fuyang Yinhu Sports Centre here on Wednesday during the ongoing Asian Games 2023.
Rhythm Sangwan, Manu Bhaker, and Esha Singh clinched a gold medal in the Women's 25m Pistol Team competition while the trio of Sift Kaur Samra, Ashi Chouksey, and Mannini Kaushik claimed a silver medal in the Women's 50m Rifle 3-positions event.
Sift Kaur Samra set a new world record in Hangzhou, on Day 4 clinching gold and breaking the world record, Asian record, and Asian Games record in women's 50m rifle 3 positions individual event.
Ashi Chouksey bagged bronze in the same event.
These were India's sixth and seventh medals from the shooting ranges in three days of competition and they are expecting more on Wednesday with Indian shooters in medal contention in Indian competitions in both women's 25m Pistol and 50m Rifle 3-Positions.
The shotgun shooters are going through the second phase of their competitions in the men's and women's skeet events.
However, it was the Women's 25m Pistol Team that took the spotlight on Wednesday morning as the team of Manu, Rhythm and Esha continued from where they had left off at the end of the first phase on Tuesday and covered themselves in glory with a good performance in Rapid fire section.
The Indians were already in the lead after the precision round on Tuesday.
They finished with a combined score of 1759, finishing ahead of China, who had a score of 1756 with Korea taking the bronze medal with a score of 1742.
At the end of the first day of precision shooting, the Indians had a total of 887 as compared to 874 of the Chinese.
On Wednesday, the Indians complied a score of 883 while the Chinese shot 882 as they gave the Indians a tough fight.
In the end, the big advantage the Indians gained on the first day --especially in the opening series in which they bagged 292 points while the Chinese could manage only 288 -- of the two-day competition proved enough for them to claim the top spot and the gold medal.
Earlier, it was the ball was set rolling in the Women's 50m Rifle 3-position by Sift, Ashi and Mannini who claimed a silver medal in the Team competition.
The Indian team finished with a total of 1764 points to finish behind the Chinese team.
The Indian team of Sift, Mannini and Ashi shot an aggregate score of 1764 to finish behind the Chinese team of Han J, Xia S and Zhang Q, who had a total of 1773.
Republic of Korea Finished third for the bronze medal with a score of 1756.
India's medal tally-
Gold: 5
Silver: 5
Bronze: 10
Results for India on Day 4:
Wushu: Rohit Jadhav finishes in 8th place in Men's Daoshu final
Swimming: Nina Venkatesh finishes 14th in women's 100m butterfly heats and fails to qualify for final, with a timing of 1:03:89.
Maana Patel finishes 13th in women's 100m backstroke heats, fails to qualify
Shooting: India (Ashi Chouksey, Manini Kaushik and Sift Kaur Samra) bag silver in the 50m rifle 3 positions women's team event.
Sift Kaur Samra wins gold and breaks world record, Asian record, Asian Games record in women's 50m rifle 3 positions individual event
Ashi Chouksey wins bronze in women's 50m rifle 3 positions individual event
India (Manu Bhaker, Esha Singh, Rhythm Sangwan) win gold in women's 25m pistol team event
Manu Bhaker tops women's 25m pistol qualification, Esha finishes in fifth place and Rhythm seventh
India (Anant Jeet Singh, Gurjoat Siingh and Angar Vir Singh Bajwa) win BRONZE in skeet-50 team men's event
Fencing: India men's team lose 30-45 to Singapore in Round of 16
Cycling: Ronaldo Singh loses to Japan's Shinji Nakano in Round of 16 knockouts
Squash: India defeat Kuwait 3-0 in men's team Pool A
India defeat Nepal 3-0 in women's team Pool B
Sailing: Vishna Saravanan gets BRONZE in men's dinghy ILCA 7