Earlier, shooter Aishwary Pratap Singh Tomar secured a bronze medal in the men's 10 m air rifle individual final at the ongoing Asian Games in Hangzhou on Monday.
Union Home Minister Amit Shah congratulated the Indian shooting trio of Ramita, Mehuli Ghosh and Ashi Chouksey who opened India's medal tally by securing a silver medal in the women’s 10m Air Rifle team event in the ongoing 19th Asian Games on Sunday.
India will be in contention in 27 shooting disciplines at the games, including in individual, team and mixed competitions across the rifle, pistol and shotgun categories
The National Rifle Association of India (NRAI) on Saturday named a 33-member Indian Shooting team that will take part in the 19th Asian Games in Hangzhou, China, beginning September 23.
India concluded their Baku World Championship campaign with a sixth gold and three more bronze medals to bolster their tally to six gold and eight bronze medals, placing them second currently in the medal standings. Tiyana, Sakshi Suryavanshi and Kirandeep Kaur combined to win the team gold
The ISSF World Championship in 2023 serves as a qualifying event for the Olympics in Paris in 2024. The best four finishers (one from each country) in each of the 12 Olympic individual shooting events received a seat on their national teams, giving a total of 48 Olympic quotas up for grabs.
The event will also serve as a qualifier for the Paris 2024 Olympics. The Lonato leg, held at the Trap Concaverde Shooting Range, will be the sixth shotgun competition of the ISSF 2023 calendar.
Big names like Olympian Aishwarya Pratap Singh, Arjun Babuta and Hriday Hazarika were some of the top shooters in the eight-shooter final on Friday. The shooting competition is being held at Dr Karni Singh Shooting Range.