Demonstrating exceptional resilience after failing to make an impact in their individual categories where Kamaljeet finished ninth and Suruchi 26th, Indian sharp-shooters Suruchi Singh and Kamaljeet sealed a brilliant gold medal victory in the 10m air pistol mixed team event at the Asian Games on Friday by leading the qualification chart with 587 points and 29 inner tens, followed by a commanding performance in the final where they aggregated 484.6 points to finish 6.6 points clear of South Korea’s silver-winning duo of Suhyeon Hong and Gaeun Choo while Iran claimed the bronze with 415.8, thereby successfully ending India’s medal drought in 10m air pistol events, right before the men’s 50m rifle 3 positions team of Aishwary Pratap Singh Tomar, Niraj Kumar, and Rudrankksh Patil added a silver medal to India’s tally with a total score of 1762 behind China’s gold-winning 1766 and ahead of Korea’s bronze-winning 1751, with Tomar and Niraj further cementing their excellence by securing third and fourth spots in individual qualification with scores of 589 and 588 to enter the individual finals, while teammate Rudrankksh missed out exclusively because country-quota rules limit individual finalists to two shooters per nation.
Asian Games Success: Suruchi-Kamaljeet Grab 10M Pistol Gold as Men’s 50M 3P Team Secures Silver
