Indian Shooter Yogesh Singh Wins Gold in Men's 25m Centre Fire Pistol at Asia Olympic Qualifiers

Jakarta: Indian shooters’ continued with winning gold in the Asia Olympic Qualifiers with Yogesh Singh winning the top prize in individual as well as team event of the men’s 25m centre fire pistol competition on Monday in Jakarta, Indonesia.

Yogesh claimed the individual gold medal after shooting 573, finishing ahead of silver winner Muad Al Balushi of Oman (570) and Indonesia’s Anang Yulianto (567).The other two Indian participants in



the event, Pankaj Yadav (567) and Akshay Jain (564), ended fourth and sixth.The Indian trio aggregated 1704 to bag the team gold ahead of shooters from Oman and Indonesia.

In women's event, the Indian trio of Shreyasi, Manisha Keer and Bhavya Tripathi, however, won the silver medal in the women’s trap team event with a total of 328, finishing behind China and ahead of Kazakhstan.