The 17-year-old said she got emotional after watching the national flag soar high and the anthem play and it felt like she actually did something for India
The Indian shooting trio of Esha Singh, Palak and Divya Subbaraju continued the country's unstoppable run at shooting as they secured a silver medal in the Women's 10m Air Rifle Pistol team final at the ongoing Asian Games on Friday.
With the score of 242.1 points, Palak not only won the gold, but also established a new Asian Games record in her category, going past China's record from 2018.
On Thursday, India won a gold medal in the Men's 10m Air Pistol Team event following which one of the shooters, Arjun Cheema, said that they had gone through all the ups and downs.
Manish Narwal who had secured the gold medal in the Air 10m Pistol SH1 event at the Para Shooting World Championships 2022, encouraged his brother Shiva Narwal to follow in his footsteps and Shiva did the same by winning the gold for India in the 10m Air Pistol men’s team event in the Asian
India's stellar performance in shooting events continues as the shooters Sarabjot Singh, Shiva Narwal, and Arjun Singh Cheema bagged gold medal in the Men's 10m Air Pistol Team at the Hangzhou Asian Games here on Friday
Indian shooters Shiva Narwal and Esha Singh clinched gold medals against Turkey at the 10m Air Pistol Mixed Team event in the ISSF World Championships on Friday.
China secured the gold medal with a total of 1,749 points and Germany got the silver with a total of 1,743 points. The ISSF World Championship 2023 is a qualifying event for the 2024 Paris Olympics, with 48 Olympic quotas up for grabs. The top four shooters in each of the 12 Olympic shooting
Varun shot 241.9 in the final to pip Army's Shravan Kumar who was 0.7 behind in a silver winning effort with 241.2. Sagar Dangi, also belonging to the Army Marksmanship Unit (AMU) which had as many as six shooters in the final, came third with 219.4.