In the Incheon Asian Games, India bagged it's fourth Bronze in Shooting a short while ago. The trio of Olympics Gold medalist Abhinav Bindra, Ravi Kumar and Sanjeev Rajput finished third in the Men's 10-metre Air Rifle team event to grab India's 5th medal in Shooting of the total 7. Shooter Jitu Rai had won the Gold on the opening day of the events.In the Men's 10-metre Air Rifle individual event, Abhinav qualified for the finals. He ended at the fifth position in the qualification. Ravi and Sanjeev could not qualify.Abhinav Bindra, who had won Gold in his final Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, had announced that this will be his last Asian Games. Harpreet Singh, Gurpreet Singh and Pemba Tamang are now figuring in the Men's 25-metre Rapid Fire Pistol – Stage 1.Shreyasi Singh, Seema Tomar and Shagun Chowdhary are trying their luck in the Women's Trap Qualification.Events of Archery have also begun. Deepika Kumari, Bombayla Devi Laishram, Pranitha Vardhineni and Laxmirani Majhi are featuring in the Women's Recurve Individual and Team events, while Rajat Chauhan, Abhishek Verma, Sandeep Kumar and Govindas Thokchom are featuring in the Compound Men's Individual and Team events.Later today, in Squash, Saurav Ghoshal will play for a Gold medal. He will lock horns with Almezayen Abdullah of Kuwait. Saurav yesterday assured India of at least a Silver medal, while Dipika Pallikal had settled for a Bronze after losing in the semi-finals.In Wushu (a sport derived from Chinese Martial Arts), Sanathoi Devi and Narender Grewal will play their respective semi-final matches. They assured at least two Bronze medals for India yesterday.Lifters Sathish Sivalingam, Katulu Ravi Kumar and Punam Yadav, who won medals in Glasgow, will be vying for top honours in their respective categories.The Indian Men's Hockey team will take on Oman in a group match.In Gymnastics, Ashish Kumar, Rakesh Kumar, Dipa Karmarkar and Pranati Nayak will figure in their respective categories.
News On AIR | September 23, 2014 8:11 AM
Asian Games 2014: India bag bronze in men's 10 metre Air Rifle team event