Kapil Bainsla won the air pistol gold in the junior men’s event by beating Ilkhombek Obidjonov of Uzbekistan by 0.6 point in the 16th Asian shooting championship in Shymkent, Kazakhstan, on Monday.
Qualification top scorer, Jonathan Antony (582) won the bronze.
In men’s air pistol, Amit Sharma and Varun Tomar shot high scores of 588 and 584, but they could not fight for medals as they were in the RPO section. In the regular event, Anmol Jain alone made the final with a score of 580 and eventually placed sixth.
India did win the team silver in both the men’s and junior events behind China and Korea respectively.
There was some cheer for India in the youth section, with Girish Gupta and Dev Pratap winning the gold and silver respectively, and fetching a team silver as well behind Iran.
The results: 10m air pistol: Men: 1. Hu Kai (Chn) 241.6 (585); 2. Hong Suhyeon (Kor) 239.0 (580); 3. Amir Joharikhou (Iri) 216.8 (582); 6. Anmol Jain 155.1 (580); 13. Aditya Malra 579; 21. Saurabh Chaudhary 576; RPO: Amit Sharma 588; Varun Tomar 584.
Team: 1. China 1744; 2. India 1735; 3. Iran 1733.
Juniors: 1. Kapil Bainsla 243.0 (579); 2. Ilkhombek Obidjonov (Uzb) 242.4 (575); 3. Jonathan Antony 220.7 (582); 6. Mukesh Nelavalli 157.8 (582); RPO: Chirag Sharma 577; Shiva Narwal 575; 19. Vijay Tomar 562.
Team: 1. Korea 1734; 2. India 1723; 3. Kazakhstan 1712.
Youth: 1. Girish Gupta 241.3 (577); 2. Dev Pratap 238.6 (567), 3. Mohammad Reza Ahmadi (Iri) 217.0 (577); 6. Pankaj 156.6 (572).
Team: 1. Iran 1721; 2. India 1716; 3. Korea 1699.
Published – August 18, 2025 06:55 pm IST
