India's Shooting and Wushu Teams Shine at Asian Games
Men's Shooting: Pistol Team Achieves Fourth Place
The Indian men's 10 m air pistol team, consisting of Kamaljeet, Kedarling Balakrishna, and Aakash Bhardwaj, secured a fourth-place finish at the Asian Games held in Aichi-Nagoya on Thursday. The team recorded a total score of 1727-53x, trailing behind China (1743-70x), Indonesia (1743-57x), and Japan (1730-54x).
Kamaljeet completed his 60 shots with a score of 580-16x, placing him ninth overall. Aakash followed closely, finishing eleventh with a score of 579-20x. Only the top eight shooters qualify for the individual finals. Unfortunately, Kedarling Uchaganve struggled, finishing in 35th place with a score of 568, which contributed to India's drop from third to fourth position.
Wushu: Roshibina Devi Wins Silver Medal
In another highlight, Indian wushu athlete Roshibina Devi clinched her second consecutive silver medal at the Asian Games, facing off against China's Zhang Xiaoyu in the women's sanda 60 kg final on Thursday. Roshibina, who also earned a silver medal at the 2022 Hangzhou Asian Games, lost both rounds with a score of 0-5, as reported by ESPN.
With a bronze medal from the 2018 Asian Games already under her belt, Roshibina has now become the first Indian woman to achieve three consecutive medals in Wushu at the Asian Games. Her impressive performance included a victory over the 2023 world champion, Nguyen Thi Thu Thuy from Vietnam.
On Wednesday, she secured her spot in the finals by defeating Indonesia’s Thania Kusumaningtyas 2-0 in the semi-finals.
Rowing: Bronze in Double Sculls, Fourth in Single Sculls
Additionally, the duo of Satnam Singh and Salman Khan earned a bronze medal in the men's double sculls final on Thursday, finishing with a time of 6:13.25. They were just 3.48 seconds behind the gold medalists from China, Yi Xudi and Nie Yide, and 2.76 seconds behind the silver medalists, Mekhrojbek Mamatkulov and Pavel Sorin, according to ESPN. The pair maintained second place at the 500m, 1000m, and 1500m marks but lost momentum towards the end.
In the men's singles sculls, Balraj Panwar narrowly missed out on a medal, finishing fourth. He held second place at the 500m, 1000m, and 1500m checkpoints but was overtaken by Uzbekistan's Shakhboz Kholmurzaev and Japan's Tatsuya Sakurama in the final stretch. Balraj clocked a time of 6:54.80, finishing eight seconds behind Sakurama and 15 seconds behind gold medalist Zhiwei Deng from China.