Asian Air Gun Championship News

Among the well-known participants in the 36-person Indian delegation expected to compete in the Asian Airgun Championship, which will be held in Daegu, South Korea, are Manu Bhaker, Mehuli Ghosh, and Divyansh Singh Panwar. Manu competes in the junior women's 10m air pistol event.

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.

Manu Bhaker and Saurabh Chaudhary have won the gold medal in the 10m air pistol mixed team category at the ongoing 12th Asian Airgun Championship in Taoyuan in Taipei. Earlier the Indian pair had broken the qualification world record at the event in the process of winning the title.

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.