Medal No 3! Shooter Deepak Kumar Bags Silver in 10m Air Rifle
Deepak shot 247.7 to finish second on the podium behind China’s Haoran Yang.
Indian shooter Deepak Kumar has bagged the silver medal in men's 10m air rifle event after producing excellent scores at crucial junctures, pipping fancied teammate Ravi Kumar at the 18th Asian Games on Monday, 20 August.
Deepak shot 247.7 to finish second on the podium behind China's Haoran Yang, who won the top prize with a Games record 249.1 at the JSC Shooting Range of this port city.
Chinese Taipei's Shaochuan Lu (226.8) bagged the bronze after being beaten by a near-perfect score of 10.9 by Deepak in the third-place shoot-off.
Deepak then shot a 10.8 to get the better of Ravi (205.2), who combined with Aprurvi Chandela to win bronze in the air rifle mixed event yesterday.
Two Indians qualified for the finals of the event with Deepak placed behind Ravi Kumar in fourth and fifth positions. While Ravi failed to improve his placing, Deepak eventually jumped up three spots to bag the silver for India.
This is India's first silver at the 2018 Asian Games after Bajrang Punia won the gold and Apurvi Chandela along with Ravi Kumar won the mixed team bronze in the 10m air rifle event.
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