The Indian shooting contingent finished with a total tally of 25 medals in the recently concluded Asian Air Gun Championships, which was held in Chinese Taipei. The Indian shooters won 16 gold, five silver medals, and four bronze medals to assert their dominance at the Asian showpiece.

Divyansh Singh Panwar and Elavenil Valarivan have bagged the individual gold medals in the 10m air rifle as the Indian shooters continued to dominate proceedings at the ongoing Asian Airgun Championships in Taipei. India’s overall tally stands at 12 gold, four silver, and two bronze medals.

Senior Indian shooters were miffed after the Sports Authority of India (SAI) denied permission at the eleventh hour to participate in the Asian Airgun shooting championships. NRAI has been of the opinion that the government denied some valuable practice time ahead of important competitions.

Saurabh Chaudhary bagged a gold medal and Manu Bhaker silver, in their respective 10m Rifle/Pistol Youth event to book quota places for the 2018 Youth Olympic Games. India ended their 10th Asian Airgun Championship campaign with an impressive 21 medals- 6 gold, 8 silver and 7 bronze over four days.

India opened the 10th Asian Airgun Shooting Championships with a bang as Ravi Kumar clinched an individual bronze in the men’s 10m air, while Arjun Babuta won a silver in the junior men’s event. Apart from them, India also bagged three team silver medals under Deepak Kumar’s leadership.