Asian Games: Indian shooters Aishwary Pratap Singh Tomar clinched silver in men's 50m Rifle 3 Positions Final

Indian shooters Aishwary Pratap Singh Tomar won a silver medal in men's 50m Rifle 3 positions final here at Hangzhou.

Hangzhou: Indian shooters Aishwary Pratap Singh Tomar won a silver medal in the men's 50m Rifle 3 positions final on Friday after he finished with an aggregate score of 459.7 at the Asian Games underway at China's Hangzhou.

India's Aishwary Pratap Singh Tomar missed on podium top finish as he ended his campaign with a silver in men's 50m rifle 3-positions at the Asian Games. He finished second only after China's Du Linshu who registered a record score of 460.6 while home team shooter Tain Jiaming finished third behind Aishwary with a score of 448.3.

The biggest setback, though, was for Indian shooter Swapnil Kusale, who was leading the chart for major part claim a gold slipped to fifth position after a poor shot of 7.6 in the 'standing position', which virtually eliminated him from the race even though he scored 10.5 and 10.1 in his last two shots. He finished on fourt position with a total of 438.9.

Earlier, Aishwary won the 10m air rifle and 50m rifle 3-positions team gold medals with individual bronze in 10m air rifle and a silver in 50m rifle today.

Indian shooters thus recorded their best ever showing at the Asian Games, having so far amassed 18 medals, including six gold. The previous best was at the Doha Asian Games in 2006 where they won 14 medals.

India's medal tally goes to 32 medals with eight gold, 12 silver, and 12 bronze in the ongoing Asian Games 2023.