New Delhi: Yash Vardhan and Shreya Agarwal bagged three gold medals each on the final day to continue India’s dominance with 25 medals in the Asian Airgun Championships at Taoyuan in Taipei, Monday. India finished with 16 gold, five silver and four bronze.
Yash finished on top in 10m Air Rifle men’s junior event. Yash scored 249.5, while Keval Prajpati (247.3) and Aishwary Tomar (226.1) shot for silver and bronze respectively. Yash then clinched the yellow metal in the team event with his partners – Keval and Aishwary.
Earlier Vardhan and Shreya combined to win the Mixed Team Rifle junior event. Shreya also won gold in the 10m Air Rifle women’s junior event. She also won the team gold along with Mehuli Ghosh and Kavi Chakkaravarthy.
Shreya’s gold winning 24-shots ended on an impressive 252.5, while Mehuli settled for individual bronze with an effort of 228.3. Kavi was fourth.
The next big assignment for the Indian shooters will commence April 5 when they head to Al Ain in United Arab Emirates in the ISSF Shotgun World Cup stage two.
Meanwhile, in a recent development, the decision has been taken on reallocation of two Olympic quota places in 25m Rapid Fire Pistol event that were revoked during the ISSF World Cup in New Delhi in February after the Indian government denied visas to two Pakistani shooters.
Those two slots have been reassigned among the ISSF World Cups in Beijing (April 21-28) and in Munich (May 24-31).
