Asian Games 2018: Manu Bhaker, Rahi Jeevan Sarnobat continue India’s great run in shooting

When it comes to shooting at the Asian Games 2018, India has been a force to be reckoned with and Day 4 was nothing different. Manu Bhaker confirmed her spot in the 25m Pistol final with a Games record score of 593 while Rahi Jeevan Sarnobat finished seventh with the score of 580.

It was a brilliant show from the 16-year old Bhaker who shot 297 in Precision and 296 in Rapid to continue her brilliant run of form. Bhaker and Abhishek Verma were not quite impressive in the 10m air pistol mixed team event, but the youngster made a brilliant comeback on Wednesday to fall one point short of the world record.

Bhaker has enjoyed a great run of form in 2018 as she won the gold medal at the ISSF World Cup in Guadalaraja and then followed it up with another gold medal at the 2018 Commonwealth Games.

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Sarnobat is a veteran of the sport and the 27-year old won gold in the 2014 Asian Games in Incheon. In the Commonwealth Games, she has won three medals till date – gold (2010, 2014) and bronze (2010 – 25m Pistol).

India started Day 3 with two medals in shooting as Saurabh Chaudhary produced an Asian Games record score of 240.7 to clinch the gold in Men’s 10m Air Pistol final while Abhishek Verma won the bronze with a score of 219.3.

Sanjjeev Rajput continued the dominance in the 50m Rifle 3 positions final as he won silver with a score of 452.7.

Earlier, Apurvi Chandela and Ravi Kumar opened the account with a bronze in 10m Air Rifle Team event, Deepak Kumar won silver in 10m Air Rifle individual event and 18-year old Lakshay clinched the silver medal in Men’s Trap.

First Published: Aug 22, 2018 10:27 IST