Mehuli Ghosh and Tilottoma Sen picked two gold medals for India in the 15th Asian Airgun Championship in Daegu, Korea on Saturday.
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Mehuli won the gold in the women’s 10m air rifle event, beating Cho Eunyoung of Korea 16-12. Le Alexandra of Kazakhstan bagged the bronze. It was one-two finish for India in the 10m women’s air rifle junior event with Tilottama and Nancy winning the gold and silver respectively.
1-2 finish for 🇮🇳 at the 15th Asian Airgun Championship as Tilottoma & Nancy win 🥇 & 🥈 respectively 😍
Tilottama Sen defeated Nancy 17-12 in the 10m Air Rifle Junior Final.
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Congratulations to both the winner and the runners up for the double delight 🔥💪 pic.twitter.com/2XPCSdrCtN
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Tilottama defeated Nancy 17-12 in the final to claim the top honours, while Nobata Misaki of Japan won the bronze.
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Indian shooters began their campaign in the tournament on a positive note by bagging a gold, silver and bronze on Friday. The gold came from Olympian Divyansh Singh Panwar in the men’s 10m air rifle junior event, while Kiran Ankush Jadhav shot a silver in the corresponding senior competition. Sri Karthik Sabari Raj Ravishankar won a bronze in the junior men’s air rifle.
