The Asian Shooting Championship ended with great success for some of the continent's best athletes, particularly from China and India.
Aishwary Tomar from India came out on top in the men's 50m rifle 3 positions final, pipping Zhao Wenyu from China to the gold with a score of 462.5 to 462.0. Naoya Okada of Japan claimed the bronze medal. China would take the team title ahead of India and Republic of Korea.
Sift Kaur Samra added another 50m rifle 3 positions gold to India's collection as she held off Yang Yujie from China for the title. She finished with a total of 459.2 to 458.8 of Yang's. The Chinese athlete had enough to stay ahead of Japan's Misaki Nobata for the silver medal. India took the team title, with Japan and Republic of Korea claiming the silver and bronze medals.
More gold came for India thanks to Elavenil Valarivan and Arjun Babuta in the mixed team 10m air rifle final, beating China's Peng Xinlu and Lu Dingke 17-11 in the final. Koreans Kwon Eun-ji and Park Ha-jun and Japan's Hinata Taichi and Naoki Hanakawa claimed the bronze medals respectively.
While India excelled in rifle, China excelled in pistol. Su Lianbofan set a new junior world record in the men's 25m rapid fire pistol final after missing just four targets, to take the gold. His total of 36 was just enough to defeat India's Anish, who finished with 35. Lee Jaek-yoon of the Republic of Korea won the bronze. The Koreans would win team gold ahead of India and China.
Aishwary Tomar from India came out on top in the men's 50m rifle 3 positions final, pipping Zhao Wenyu from China to the gold with a score of 462.5 to 462.0. Naoya Okada of Japan claimed the bronze medal. China would take the team title ahead of India and Republic of Korea.
Sift Kaur Samra added another 50m rifle 3 positions gold to India's collection as she held off Yang Yujie from China for the title. She finished with a total of 459.2 to 458.8 of Yang's. The Chinese athlete had enough to stay ahead of Japan's Misaki Nobata for the silver medal. India took the team title, with Japan and Republic of Korea claiming the silver and bronze medals.
More gold came for India thanks to Elavenil Valarivan and Arjun Babuta in the mixed team 10m air rifle final, beating China's Peng Xinlu and Lu Dingke 17-11 in the final. Koreans Kwon Eun-ji and Park Ha-jun and Japan's Hinata Taichi and Naoki Hanakawa claimed the bronze medals respectively.
While India excelled in rifle, China excelled in pistol. Su Lianbofan set a new junior world record in the men's 25m rapid fire pistol final after missing just four targets, to take the gold. His total of 36 was just enough to defeat India's Anish, who finished with 35. Lee Jaek-yoon of the Republic of Korea won the bronze. The Koreans would win team gold ahead of India and China.
Su Lianbofan set a new junior world record in the men's 25m rapid fire pistol Zhang Yueyue defeated her compatriot Xiao Jiaruixuan in a shoot-off for the women's 25m pistol title. Both finished with 39, but it was Zhang who finished with four shots to Xiao's three in the shoot-off. Trinh Thu Vinh of Vietnam finished ahead of Manu Bhaker from India for the bronze medal. Unsurprisingly, China won the gold ahead of the Republic of Korea and India.
Ma Qianke and Zhang Yifan from China won the 10m air pistol mixed team event too, defeating Koreans Yoo Hyun-young and Lee Won-ho 16-12. The bronze medals went to India's Suruchi Singh and Saurabh Chaudhary, as well as Haniyeh Rostamiyan and Vahid Golkhandan from Iran.
The golds continued for China in shotgun events, with Qi Ying winning the men's trap title. The Olympic silver medallist finished with 47 from 50 to take the win by two shots ahead of India's Bhowneesh Mendiratta. Chen Pengyu joined his teammate Qi on the podium in third place. While Naser Al-Meqled missed the bronze, he won team gold with his Kuwaiti compatriots. China and Qatar finished second and third.
Chen and Zhang Zixi took the mixed team trap title against Kuwait's Al-Meqled and Sarah Al-Hawal, with the score finishing 43-39. Bronze medals went to the teams of Yang Kun-Pi and Liu Wan-Yu of Chinese Taipei, and Alisher Aisalbayev and Aizhan Dosmagambetova of Kazakhstan.
India would take the women's trap title, courtesy of Neeru, who finished with a total of 43 to Qatar's Ray Bassil's 37. Aashima Ahlawat from India took the bronze medal. India won the team gold, with China taking silver and Kuwait, the bronze.
Ma Qianke and Zhang Yifan from China won the 10m air pistol mixed team event too, defeating Koreans Yoo Hyun-young and Lee Won-ho 16-12. The bronze medals went to India's Suruchi Singh and Saurabh Chaudhary, as well as Haniyeh Rostamiyan and Vahid Golkhandan from Iran.
The golds continued for China in shotgun events, with Qi Ying winning the men's trap title. The Olympic silver medallist finished with 47 from 50 to take the win by two shots ahead of India's Bhowneesh Mendiratta. Chen Pengyu joined his teammate Qi on the podium in third place. While Naser Al-Meqled missed the bronze, he won team gold with his Kuwaiti compatriots. China and Qatar finished second and third.
Chen and Zhang Zixi took the mixed team trap title against Kuwait's Al-Meqled and Sarah Al-Hawal, with the score finishing 43-39. Bronze medals went to the teams of Yang Kun-Pi and Liu Wan-Yu of Chinese Taipei, and Alisher Aisalbayev and Aizhan Dosmagambetova of Kazakhstan.
India would take the women's trap title, courtesy of Neeru, who finished with a total of 43 to Qatar's Ray Bassil's 37. Aashima Ahlawat from India took the bronze medal. India won the team gold, with China taking silver and Kuwait, the bronze.