Asian C'ships: Shooters Saurabh Chaudhary, Manu Bhaker script history

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ANI Kuwait City [Kuwait]
Last Updated : Nov 09 2018 | 10:00 PM IST

India's teenage shooting sensation Saurabh Chaudhary and Manu Bhaker clinched the gold medal at the 10m Air Pistol mixed team event on the last day of the Asian Airgun Championships in Kuwait, on Friday.

The duo beat the Chinese pair of Wang Xiaoyu and Hong Shuqi in the final and created a new World Record (junior), scoring a total of 485.4 points, shattering an earlier record of 483.

16-year-old Saurabh also won his third gold medal in two days, having won the team and individual 10m Air Pistol events on Thursday.

However, the second pair of the Indian shooting team comprising Abhidnya Patil and Anmol Jain finished fourth.

With this win, the junior side of the Indian shooting team ended the championships event with a total of 11 medals, including four gold.

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First Published: Nov 09 2018 | 9:25 PM IST

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