Doha: China won gold in the mixed team skeet competition at the 14th Asian Shooting Championships at the Losail Shooting Range yesterday.
China’s Wei Meng and Jin Di beat the Indian pair of Angad Vir Singh Bajwa and Ganemat Sekhon 36-33 to win gold. Japan finished third.
There was gold for India in junior men’s air rifle, as Dhanush Srikanth beat Jiang Xuanie of China by 2.5 points, while qualification topper Shahu Tushar Mane had to settle for the bronze. Hriday Hazarika was not at his best, but the Indian trio won the gold 0.7 point ahead of the Chinese.
In men’s 50-metre free pistol, a non-Olympic event, Gaurav Rana and Arjun Singh Cheema won the silver and bronze, behind Park Daehun of Korea.
In junior women’s air rifle, Shreya Agrawal and Khushi Saini won the individual silver and bronze respectively, and the team silver along with Aakriti Dahiya.
