Gurpreet Singh wins standard pistol gold

Tanisska Senthilkumar and Yugan Muthukumaar with the mixed trap youth gold along with teams from Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan in the Asian Championship in Kazakhstan on Thursday.
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Olympian Gurpreet Singh clinched the 25-metre standard pistol gold, beating compatriot Amanpreet Singh on the count-back after both shot 572 in the 16th Asian shooting championship in Shymkent, Kazakhstan, on Thursday.

With Harsh Gupta the two, the Indian team also won the gold, five points ahead of Korea.

Earlier, Anish Bhanwala had won the silver in the 25-metre rapid fire pistol event, as he was beaten 35-36 by Su Lianbofan of China. Adarsh Singh also made the final but placed fifth. Aong with Neeraj Kumar, the team won the silver behind Korea.

In the trap youth section, Yugan Muthukumaar and Tanisska Senthilkumar did well to win the individual gold, and combined as the mixed team to capture the gold.

The results: 25m rapid fire pistol: Men: 1. Su Lianbofan (Chn) 36 (583); 2. Anish Bhanwala 35 (583); 3. Lee Jaekyoon (Kor) 23 (585); 5. Adarsh Singh 15 (585); 18. Neeraj Kumar 570; RPO: Bhavesh Shekhawat 579; Pradeep Shekhawat 574.

Team: 1. Korea 1748; 2. India 1738; 3. China 1733.

25m standard pistol: Men: 1. Gurpreet Singh 572; 2. Amanpreet Singh 572; 3. Su Lianbofan (Chn) 570; 10. Harsh Gupta 565; RPO: Udhayveer Sidhu 568; Udit Joshi 558.

Team: 1. India 1709; 2. Korea 1704; 3. Vietnam 1677.

Junior men: 1. Kirill Fedkin (Kaz) 572; 2. Suraj Sharma 571; 3. Tanishq Kodavali 568; 4. Mukesh Nelavalli 564; RPO: Sameer Ghulia 562; Sahil Choudhary 556; Abhinav Choudhary 551.

Team: 1. India 1703; 2. Kazakhstan 1653; 3. Korea 1635.

50m free pistol: 1. Javad Foroughi (Iri) 554; 2. Amir Joharikhou (Iri) 551; 3. DavaakhuuEnkhtaivan (Mgl) 549; 4. Yogesh Kumar 548; 10. Amanpreet Singh 543; 11. Ravinder Singh 542; RPO: Babu Ram 545; Vikram Shinde 539.

Team: 1. Iran 1652; 2. India 1633; 3. Korea 1619.

Junior men: 1. Ilkhombek Obidjonov (Uzb) 552; 2. Kirill Fedkin (Kaz) 552; 3. Song Seungho (Kor) 544; 4. Abhinav Choudhary 541; 9. Umesh Choudhary 529; 10. Mukesh Nelavalli 523; RPO: Hariom Chawda 534.

Team: 1. India 1593; 2. Kazakhstan 1580.

50m rifle prone: Men: 1. Kim Nagwan (Kor) 623.4; 2. Zhao Wenyu (Chn) 622.3; 3. Joung Seungwoo (Kor) 622.0; 7. Parikshit Singh Brar 617.1; 15. Samarvir Singh 613.0; 21. Goldi Gurjar 609.5; RPO: Akash KUmar 613.2; Surya Deep Singh 609.3.

Team: 1. Korea 1854.5; 2. China 1852.9; 3. Kazakhstan 1841.2; 4. India 1839.6.

Junior men: 1. Oleg Nskov (Kaz) 624.1; 2. Erkhembayar Batbayar (Mgl) 622.6; 3. Kim Taegyeong (Kor) 618.3; 4. Samiullah Khan 617.0; 7. Adiryan Karmakar 614.5; Kushagra Rajawat 612.8; RPO: Vedant Waghmare 615.1; Manvendra Shekhawat 613.6; Deependra Shekhawat 608.6.

Team: 1. India 1844.3; 2. Kazakhstan 1843.4; 3. Korea 1840.8.

Trap: Mixed team: 1. China (Zhang Zixi, Chen Pengyu) 43 (140); 2. Kuwait (Sarah Alhawal, Naser Almeqled) 39 (140); 3. Kazakhstan (Aizhan Dosmagambetova, Alisher Aisalbayev) 38 (136); 4. India-2 (Aashima Ahlawat, Kynan Chenai) 34 (133); 3. Chinese Taipei (Wan-Yu Liu, Kun-Pi Yang) 43 (138); 4. Qatar (Ray Bassil, Mohammed Al-Rumaihi) 37 (135).

Juniors: 1. Kazakhstan (Eleonora Ibragimova, Nikita Moisseyev) 38 (129); 2. Inida-2 (Bhavya Tripathi, Arya Vansh Tyagi) 37 (129); 3. Uzbekistan (Sarvinoz Abdukodirova, Okhunjon Abdukodirov) 87.

Youth: 1. India (Yugan Muthukumaar, Tanisska Senthilkumar) 121; 2. Uzbekistan (Azamat Kayumon, Yaroslava Eshtaeva) 120; 3. Kazakhstan (Arnur Damirzhan, Mariya Gorun) 118.

Trap: Youth men: 1. Yugan Muthukumaar 116; 2. Foroudi Shayan (Iri) 106; 3. Syed Ahyaan Ali 102; 7. Manavrajsinh Chudasama 90.

Team: 1. India 308; 2. Kazakhstan 269.

Trap: Youth women: 1. Tanisska Senthilkumar 106; 2. Nilaa Baalu 100; 3. Anthra Rajsekar 99.

Team: 1. India 305; 2. Kazakhstan 266; 3. Uzbekistan 223.