Asian Games: India's Esha Singh, Palak and Divya Thadigol Subbaraju clinch Silver medal in the 10m Air Pistol Team event

At Asian Games, India's Esha Singh, Palak and Divya Thadigol Subbaraju clinched team silver medal in the 10m air pistol team event. The team aggregated a total of 1731 points while China edged past India to win gold. Esha Singh shot a series of 579 while Palak scored 577 and Divya finished two points less.

Hangzhou(China): Esha Singh, Palak and Divya Thadigol Subbaraju have added to the history created by shooters bagging a silver in the 10m air pistol team event. The Indian team scored a total of 1731 points while China topped the charts by scoring 1736. Chinese Taipei claimed bronze with a tally of 1723 points.

When the event started, there were a lot of hope on the shoulder of the Indian shooters considering India's performances so far in the event. By the halfway stage, Palak and Divya were in the top eight but Esha was seen struggling as she hit four 9s in her third series. However, she took quick time to hit her shots more accurately and bounced back to make an entry into the top eight. The other two shooters also maintained their position in the top eight.

Going ahead, Esha finished at the fifth position amongst the overall shooters. The accumulative score by the trio counted for 1731 which handed them a silver medal as a result. With a score of 579, Esha finished fifth in the event. Palak occupied the seventh spot with a score of 577 while Divya finished at 10th with 575.

The brilliant performance from the trio is likely to inspire other shooters who are yet to feature in the medal events and continue help India dominate in shooting as it had been doing so far in the Asian Games.

As a consequence of their individual performances, Esha and Palak both progressed to the individual final of eight-teams scheduled later in the day.

Palak who finished seventh in qualification round went on to win her individual goldin the finals and her compatriot who came fifth in qualification settled for silver while our neighbour Pakistan's Kishmala Talat won bronze.