 "Abhinav Bindra bags bronze in men's 10m Air Rifle")
Ace Indian shooter Abhinav Bindra claimed his first Asian Games individual medal by winning the bronze in the men's 10 metre Air Rifle event at the Ongnyeon International Shooting Range here Tuesday.
Chinese pair Haoran Yang (209.6) and Yifei Cao (208.9) proved too strong for the 31-year-old Indian, who had a final score of 187.1.
The 2008 Olympic gold medallist had won his first Asian Games medal earlier in the day by taking third place in the men's team 10m Air Rifle event along with compatriots Sanjeev Rajput and Ravi Kumar.
The Indian team comprising Bindra (625.4-47x), Kumar (618.9-43x) and Rajput (618.7-45x) shot a total of 1,863-135x to claim third position.
The gold went to the Chinese team of Yifel Cao (630.7-54x), Haoran Yang (629.2-54x) and Tianyou Liu (626.5-50x) with an accumulated score of 1,886.4-158x.
South Korea grabbed the silver after the trio of Sangdo Kim (626.1-48x), Hyeonjun Kim (622.3-44x) and Jinseop Han (619.2-44x) shot a total of 1,867.6-136x.
The team's bronze medal was India's seventh in the Incheon Games and fifth from the shooting range.
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