Bindra wins silver in Asian Airgun Championship
October 19th, 2011 - 9:19 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Oct 19 (IANS) Olympic champion Abhinav Bindra Wednesday won the silver in the men’s 10m Air Rifle event at the Asian Airgun Championship in Kuwait.
According to information received here, Abhinav shot a qualification score of 594 with 98, 99, 99, 99, 100 and 99 and then followed it up with a 103.6 in the finals to claim the silver.
Another Indian, Satyendra Singh, won the bronze with a score of 696.7 (593+103.7) while Gagan Narang finished seventh.
Gagan had a very shaky start today with a 96 but regained after shooting 99, 98, 100, 100 and 99. In the finals Narang shot 102.5 to register a total score of 694.5.
The gold went to world record holder Zhu Qinan of China with a score of 700.2 (598+102.2).
–Indo-Asian New Service
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