Rifle prone junior

Standard Pistol Men Junior Individual: Rio de Janeiro Olympian Gurpreet Singh led India to a 1-2 finish in the 25m Standard Pistol event with Amanpreet Singh winning the silver at the 16th Asian Shooting Championship in Shymkent, Kazakhstan, on Thursday to swell India’s medal tally to 82, including 44 golds, 20 silver, and 18 bronze.

The duo also won the team gold along with Harsh Gupta with a combined score of 1709. The other gold medals of the day were won in the 50m Rifle Prone Junior team and 25m Standard Pistol Junior team.

The 37-year-old Gurpreet won his first-ever gold medal in an international competition and bettered the bronze medal which he had won in the Asian Championships in the same event, 12 years back in Tehran. Both Gurpreet and Amanpreet shot identical scores of 572, but Gurpreet’s 18 inner circle shots against Amanpreet’s 11 ensured the Army shooter finished on top. 25m Rapid Fire Pistol gold medalist Su Lianbofan of China won the bronze.