Indian shooter Deepak Kumar has bagged silver medal in 10m Air Rifle event in the 18th edition of the Asian Games being held at Incheon in South Korea. The Indian shooter scored 247.7 points while China’s Yang Haoran won the gold medal with 249.1 points.
From a Gurukul in Dehradun to a ? medallist at the #AsianGames2018 it’s been a tremendous journey for Deepak Kumar. I congratulate him for his ? medal winning shot in the 10m Air Rifle event. The nation is proud of him! ?? @asiangames2018 #IndiaAtAsianGames pic.twitter.com/uJp5309jQr
— Rajyavardhan Rathore (@Ra_THORe) August 20, 2018
Another Indian shooter Ravi Kumar, who had bagged bronze medal in Mixed 10m Air Rifle event along with Apurvi Chandela, was earlier eliminated with a score of 205.2 points after qualifying for the final round. LU Shaochuan of Chinese Taipei clinched the third spot to win bronze with 226.8 points.
India has so far won three medals – one gold, one silver and one bronze – in the ongoing Asian Games. Bajrang Punia won the first gold for the country in wrestling as he defeated Takatani Daichi of Japan 11-8 on Sunday. The 24-year-old chalked up 13-4, 12-4, 10-4, 11-3 victories to bulldoze his way into the 65 kg final.
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