Published on Nov 2, 2023
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Indian rifle shooter Aishwary Pratap Singh
Indian rifle shooter Aishwary Pratap Singh

♦ Indian rifle shooter Aishwary Pratap Singh Tomar won a gold medal at the Asian Shooting Championships 2023 in Changwon, the Republic of Korea on 1 November 2023.

♦ Aishwary Pratap scored 463.5 in the men’s 50m rifle 3 positions event final to pick up the gold.

♦ The People’s Republic of China's Tian Jiaming bagged the silver medal with a score of 462.7 while his compatriot Du Linshu settled for the bronze medal with 450.3.

♦ India won both the mixed trap gold medals. Manisha Keer and Prithviraj Tondaiman won the gold by beating Korea 141-136.

♦ The junior mixed trap gold was won by Aadya Tripathi and Shardul Vihan with a total of 131.