Asian Games 2018 Live Updates Day 5: 15-yr-old Shardul Vihan Clinches Silver in Men's Double Trap Shooting

But she gets her second attempt spot on! and finishes with a combined average of 12.775 after the first round.

Aruna Reddy's first attempt in the women's artistic gymnastics event does not go well. She launches herself into the air but just does not get her body oriented in time, landing on her knees instead of her feet.

In the men's singles quarter final, Prajnesh Gunneswaran is trailing 5-4 to Kwon Soonwoo of South Korea in the deciding set.

The final of the women's artistic gymnastics event is about to shortly get underway, with India's Pranati Nayak and Aruna Budda Reddy in the fray!

And now, Virender Sehwag has come in with a congratulatory message for young Shardul.

Unbelievable!
Shardul Vihan wins Silver medal in Double Trap (Shooting) . He is just 15 years of age. Wow 🙏🏼 #AsianGames2018⁠ ⁠ pic.twitter.com/mP5oyK1Fdu

— Virender Sehwag (@virendersehwag) August 23, 2018

WHAT A STAR!

At 15 YEARS, Shardul Vihan, one of our youngest in #AsianGames2018, has made us immensely proud with a silver in Double Trap Shooting.

His prowess convinces me that the future of Indian sports is in VERY safe hands! #KheloIndia #IndiaAtAsianGames @asiangames2018 pic.twitter.com/nSh6K8mXto

— Rajyavardhan Rathore (@Ra_THORe) August 23, 2018

Moving on, it's good news for Atanu Das as he wins against Pak Yong Won of DPR Korea in the 1/16 eliminations of Archery.

2012 London Olympic finalist Joydeep Karmakar was also impressed with young Shardul's feat.

16 was sweet but 15 is sweeter! What a performance #ShardulVihan 🎯 one of the youngest Indian to win a medal at #AsianGames @asiangames2018 #KoiKasarNahi @IndiaSports @OfficialNRAI @RaninderSingh #AnwarSultan

— Joydeep Karmakar OLY (@Joydeep709) August 23, 2018

Suprita Das, Senior Journalist

Shardul Vihan is not old enough to own a gun, but who’s stopping him from winning an Asiad gold? None! How are these teenagers doing what they are in crunch finals? One massive reason is the coaches they are training under. Shardul is coached by Olympian Anwer Sultan, who was a shotgun star in his nheydays. The likes of Jaspal Rana, Joydeep Karmakar, Mansher Singh – all stars in their own right – are guiding Indian shooting’s Gen Next in the correct direction

So much to learn from Shardul Vihan’s pre shot routine. Well done and all the very very best for your career ahead.

— Abhinav Bindra OLY (@Abhinav_Bindra) August 23, 2018

Shooting: Shardul Vihan has clinched the sliver medal in the men's double trap after some extraordinary shooting in the final. Korea's Shin Hyunwoo takes the gold medal with 74 hits. Vihan finished with 73.

Shooting: Vihan is now two points behind Shin in the final after 70 shots. He has been assured of a silver but can he clich a gold and create history!

Shooting: So silver medal has been assured for India as Vihan is at the second spot currently with 55 points. Shin leads the way with 56 points. Both the shooters will now fight it out for a gold medal. Great stuff from the 15-year-old

Shooting: After 50 shots, Vihan has slipped to the second spot with 45 hits to his name. Korea's Shin has taken over the lead with 47 hits. But he is now assured of a medal as only three shooters are left.

Shooting: After 40 shots, Vihan still leads the way with 37 hits to his name, but he is tied with Korea's Shin at the top spot. Meanwhile, Korea's Sungjin is the second shooter to be eliminated.

Shooting: After 30 shots both Vihan and Shin are locked at 28 hits each and tied at the number 1 spot. UAE's Khaled Alkaabi is the first shooter to be eliminated.

Shooting: Vihan has now missed his second shot of the day and he momentarily slipped to the second spot. However, the Korean also missed his shot and both the shooters are now tied at number 1 spot.

Shooting: After 20 shots, Vihan has missed just one shot thus far and he is locked at the top with Korea's Hyunwoo Shin. The third on the lost is Qatar's AL Marri.

Shooting: Shardul Vihan has finally missed his first shot of the day but he is still in the lead. Qatar's Al Marri is second on the list with two misses.  Great start by the young Indian shooter.

Shooting: 15-year-old Shardul Vihan has now taken to the range and he is fighting it out against some of the other more experienced shooters of Asia in the double trap final. He is now leading the day with 8 out of 8 shots currently.

Saina Nehwal is in women's singles action as well, this being the latest score.

Sania Mirza has words of encouragement for Indian bronze medalist Ankita Raina.

Well done and well fought today @ankita_champ🥉 winning a medal for your country is one of the proudest moment you will feel in your life .cherish this moment and be proud of yourself and the fight .. onwards and upwards ..it’s just the beginning ,you’ve got one more shot today🤗

— Sania Mirza (@MirzaSania) August 23, 2018

Senior Journalist, Suprita Das: In the men’s weightlifting, Ajay Singh has lifted 145 kg and Sathish Sivalingam 144 kg in the snatch. Plenty of work to be done in clean and jerk for the two to make up!

Senior Journalist, Suprita Das: Wow, that’s a wake up call for PV Sindhu. What should’ve been a walk in the park almost ended up being an upset for the World No. 3! Too error prone today, and a shade of her usual attacking self. Experience got her through.

And just like that, Sindhu is through to the last 16 in the women's singles badminton competition, winning the third set 23-21. She won the match 10-21, 21-12, 21-23, but Vu Thi Trang's effort has to be commended, as she fought till the last moment. 

Match point for Sindhu again. 22-21.

Drama! Sindhu thought she had won the match 23-21 but the umpire rules in favour of Tran, saying that the shuttle had bounced inside the court. We're back on 21-21 now.

20-20 now, Sindhu could have clinched the match on match point but smashed her shot into the net instead. The things pressure can make you do, even if the athlete in question is a serial winner.

Sindhu leads 19-18 now! This is going to go down to the wire.

Ok, back to badminton and Sindhu now leads Taran 16-12 in the third set. The Indian would hope to consolidate from here and clinch this match, but stranger things have happened in sport...