Olympian Esha Singh won the gold medal in the women's 10m air pistol event at the Asian Rifle and Pistol Championship

Olympian Esha Singh won the gold medal in the women's 10m air pistol event at the Asian Rifle and Pistol Championship

•      The competition was held at the Dr. Karni Singh Shooting Range in New Delhi.

•     She achieved this victory on the very first day of the championship.

•     Esha Singh made a remarkable comeback in the final round, scoring 239.8.

•     This was her second senior individual gold medal at the Asian Championships.

•    Cheng Yen-ching of Chinese Taipei won the silver medal with a score of 235.4.

•    Yu Ai-wen of Chinese Taipei won the bronze medal with a score of 217.7.

•    Esha Singh also participated in the women's team event along with Olympic medalist Manu Bhaker. Suruchi Singh was also a member of the team.

•    The Indian team won the gold medal in the women's 10m air pistol team event with a combined score of 1726.

•   Vietnam won the silver medal and Chinese Taipei won the bronze medal in the team event.

•   In the men's 10m air pistol individual final, Samrat Rana finished in third place and won the bronze medal.