India’s Girish Gupta has clinched gold in the 10m air pistol men youth event of the 16th Asian Shooting Championship in Shymkent, Kazakhstan. The 17-year-old shot 241.3 in the final, surpassing compatriot Dev Pratap, who at 14 years old shot 238.6 to win silver. India concluded Day One with two gold and three silver medals. Kapil Bainsla achieved gold in the junior men’s air pistol, and both the senior and junior men’s teams earned silver medals.
Earlier, Kapil Bainsla from Palwal, Haryana, won India their first gold of the event, firing 243.0 in the 10m air pistol men junior final, leaving Uzbekistan’s Ilkhombek Obidjonov 0.6 behind in second. Kapil’s compatriot Jonathan Gavin Antony won bronze, shooting 220.7. Kapil and Jonathan also combined with Vijay Tomar to win the team silver in the event with a total of 1723. Korea won gold with 1734, and host Kazakhstan won bronze. In the senior men’s event, Anmol Jain, along with Aditya Malra and Saurabh Chaudhary, won the team silver with a combined effort of 1735.
Day 2 of the Asian Shooting Championship today will feature women’s air pistol finals across various categories.
