Up to date on: Aug 18, 2025 10:21 pm IST
India’s Kapil Bainsla clinched gold within the junior 10m air pistol occasion on the Asian Capturing Championship, with a complete of two gold and 4 silver medals gained.
New Delhi: India’s Kapil Bainsla held his nerve to beat Uzbekistan’s Ilkhombek Obidjonov in an exhilarating contest and clinched gold within the 10m air pistol junior occasion on the opening day of the sixteenth Asian Capturing Championship in Shymkent, Kazakhstan. Nationwide Video games champion Jonathan Gavin Antony secured bronze in the identical occasion.
Nonetheless, India couldn’t win a medal within the senior occasion. Within the males’s 10m air pistol last, Anmol Jain was the one Indian to qualify however he completed sixth with 155.1 factors. China’s Hu Kai (241.6) gained gold whereas Suhyeon Hong of Korea (239) gained silver and Iran’s Amir Joharikhou bronze.
Although two Indians completed contained in the top-8 in qualification — each qualifier topper Amit Sharma (588-24X) and Paris Olympian Varun Tomar (585), they had been competing for rating factors solely (RPO). India did safe a silver within the males’s group occasion as Anmol (580), Aditya Malra (579) and Saurabh Chaudhary (576) mixed for a tally of 1735, ending behind China.
Within the junior last, Kapil staged a powerful fightback to complete with 243.0 factors. Ilkhombek, who led for many of the 24-shot match, ended 0.6 behind to win silver, whereas Jonathan took bronze with 220.7. Kapil, who hails from Palwal, Haryana, had shot 579 to position fourth in qualification.
Within the last, Ilkhombek began nicely and led after the primary two collection of 10 pictures however Kapil lowered the hole because the match progressed placing the Uzbek underneath stress. The Indian took a slender lead after the sixteenth shot. Nonetheless Ilkhombek fought again and had a one level lead (222.6 to 221.6) after the twenty second shot. Within the final two essential pictures, Kapil soaked the stress and fired 10.8 and 10.6. The Uzbek wilted, and his last two pictures had been 10.4 and 9.4.
The junior males’s group of Kapil, Gavin (582) and Vijay Tomar (562) additionally gained silver with a mixed tally of 1723 factors behind Korea (1734 pts).
Later, Girish Gupta gained gold in 10m air pistol youth occasion with compatriot Dev Pratap making it a 1-2 for India. The 17-year-old shot 241.3 within the last to complete forward of 14-year-old Dev who shot 238.6. he group of Girish, Pankaj Jat, and Dev Pratap gained silver behind Iran.General, India gained two gold 4 silver and one bronze medals on the opening day.
