Asian Games: Anant Jeet secures silver medal in men's skeet shooting
Anant Jeet Singh added another medal to India's tally at the Asian Games, securing a silver medal in the men's skeet individual final on Wednesday.
He got 58 points. The gold medal was bagged by Kuwait's Abdullah Alrashidi, who scored 60 points to level with the world record held by India's Angad Vir Singh.
Qatar's Nasser Al-Attiya got the bronze with 46 points.
«SILVER IN SKEET MEN Shooter and #KheloIndiaAthlete Anantjeet adds another SILVER medal in India's medal haul This is the st time ever in the history of the Asian Games that India has won a silver in this event. Our shooters' combined excellence is making India shine brighter than ever.
Kudos! #Cheer4India #JeetegaBharat #Hallabol #BharatAtAG22,» tweeted Sports Authority of India (SAI) Media.
https://twitter.com/Media_SAI/status/1706949252034048392
This is India's 12th medal in shooting at the Hangzhou meet, better than their previous best shooting medal tally of nine in 2018 Asian Games.
Pistol Shooter Esha Singh secured a silver medal for India in the 25 m women's pistol final.
With a total of 34 points, she secured a silver medal. The gold medal went to China's Rui Liu who had 38 points.
The bronze medal was bagged by South Korea's Jiin Yaang, who had 29 points.
Olympian Manu Bhaker had a disappointing outing with just 21 points, which earned her the fifth position. Manu Bhaker's poor performance in the final was largely due to a pistol malfunction.
Earlier, the men's skeet team of Angad Vir Singh, Gurjoat Singh and Anand Jeet Singh bagged a bronze medal on Wednesday.
With 355 points, India secured the bronze medal.
