Aishwary Pratap Singh Tomar wins gold in 50m rifle 3 positions event at Asian Shooting Championship

Aishwary Pratap Singh Tomar shot 463.5 in the final to win the gold. China’s Tian Jiaming took the silver with a score of 462.7. Another Chinese, Du Linshu picked up the bronze with 450.3.

Aishwary Pratap Singh won the gold medal in the men’s 50m rifle 3 positions individual event and helped India grab a team silver at the Asian Shooting Championship in Changwon, Korea on Wednesday.

The 22-year-old Tomar shot 463.5 in the final to win the gold. China’s Tian Jiaming took the silver with a score of 462.7. Another Chinese, Du Linshu picked up the bronze with 450.3.

Tomar had finished fifth in the qualification round with 591.

The Indian trio of Tomar, Swapnil Kusale and Akhil Sheoran won the team silver with a total score of 1764, behind China (1777).

India has already got a maximum of two possible Olympic quota places in this event through Kusale and Sheoran.

Kusale had won the Paris Games quota during the World Championships in Cairo last year. Sheoran did the same in this year’s World Championships in Baku.

The results:

• 50m rifle 3-position: Men: 1. Aishwary Pratap Singh Tomar 463.5 (591); 2.Tian Jiaming (Chn) 462.7 (593); 3. Du Linshu (Chn) 450.3 (597); 9. Akhil Sheoran 587; 11. Swapnil Kusale 586; RPO: Goldi Gurjar 585; Niraj Kumar 582.
• Team: 1. China 1777 (WR); 2. India 1764; 3. Japan 1760. Trap: Mixed team: 1. India (Manissha Keer, Prithviraj Tondaiman) 141; 2. Korea 136; 3. China 134 and Kuwait 133; 12. India-2 (Preeti Rajak, Kynan Chenai) 125.
• Junior mixed team: 1. India-2 (Aadya Tripathi, Shardul Vihan) 131; 2. Kazakhstan 125(4); 3. China 125(3) and Chinese Taipei 117; 5. India (Bhavya Tripathi, Bakhtyaruddin Malek) 130. 25m centre fire pistol: 1. Song Jong-Ho (Kor) 587; 2. Phan Xuan Chuyan (Vie) 582; 3. Pradeep Singh Shekhawat 582; 5. Prabhjot Singh 580; 9. Yogesh Singh 575; 14. Rajendra Bagul 568.
• Team: 1. Korea 1743; 2. India 1737; 3. Vietnam 1730.

With Thanks Reference to: https://www.firstpost.com/sports/aishwary-pratap-singh-tomar-wins-gold-in-50m-rifle-3-positions-event-at-asian-shooting-championship-13328092.html and https://sportstar.thehindu.com/shooting/aishwary-pratap-singh-tomar-wins-gold-50m-rifle-3-position-asian-shooting-championship-2023-result-report-news/article67483820.ece