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.
With a total of 1731 points, India managed to get their hands on silver, falling just five short of gold, which was won by China with 1736 points. Chinese Taipei secured the bronze medal with 1723 points.
A 32-year-old student was arrested after a “targeted” shooting rampage in the Dutch city of Rotterdam left three people dead on Thursday, CNN reported citing local authorities.
Indian shooter Vijayveer Sidhu who was part of the trio that clinched India's first medal in the 25m Rapid Fire Pistol felt proud after getting felicitated on Thursday.
In a statement shared on X, formerly known as Twitter, the Rotterdam police said that they had arrested a 32-year-old suspect and were carrying out investigation whether he was linked to the shootings.
Union Sports Minister Anurag Thakur on Thursday expressed his belief that the Indian contingent will break the highest record for the medal tally in the ongoing Asian Games.
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