World University shooting c’ship: India wins team gold; Aakash and Palak bag silver
Asian Games gold medallist Palak Gulia was beaten to the women’s air pistol gold by 0.3 point by Heng-Yu Liu of Chinese Taipei in the World University shooting championship at the Dr. Karni Singh Range, Tughlakabad, on Saturday.
Arshdeep Kaur pulled through for the bronze medal in the event to assert India’s grip on the event.
Equally, Aakash Bhardwaj won the men’s air pistol silver, as he was beaten by one point by qualification topper Pavel Schejbal of the Czech Republic. Samrat Rana and Amit Sharma also made the final but could climb to the medal.
Both the Indian teams, however, managed to comfortably win the team gold, to give a head start for the host.
The results
10m air pistol: Men: 1. Pavel Schejbal (Cze) 239.8 (586); 2. Aakash Bhardwaj 238.8 (579); 3. Filip Wagner (Pol) 218.4 (574); 6. Amit Sharma 155.6 (576); 7. Samrat Rana 135.5 (577).
Team: 1. India 1732; 2. Korea 1719; 3. Poland 1711.
Women: 1. Heng-Yu Liu (Tpe) 239.4 (578); 2. Palak Gulia 239.1 (573); 3. Arshdeep Kaur 219.0 (574); 6. Sainyam 156.4 (576).
Team: 1. India 1723; 2. Taiwan 1710; 3. Korea 1706.