Swapnil Kusale Wins Gold as India Adds Four More Medals on the Penultimate Day of Asian Shooting Championship

New Delhi, November 10, 2015: Swapnil Kusale shot his way to an impressive Gold in the 50M Rifle 3 Positions event for Junior Men, even as Team India added four more medals to their kitty on the penultimate day of the 13th Asian Shooting Championship, being held at Kuwait City.
 
50M Rifle 3 Positions Men Junior
Swapnil Kusale struck Gold shooting 453.3 in the finals. He reached the eight man final in 4th position shooting 1151 in the qualification round. Ce Wang of China won the Silver while Mohammed Karimi of Iran won the Bronze.
 
Swapnil, Akhil Sheoran and Ishan Goel also won the Team Silver in the event with a combined score of 3390, finishing behind China who shot a score of 3450. Team Korea won the Bronze with a score of 3383.
 
25M Rapid Fire Pistol Men Junior
The Indian Team in the event comprising of Shivam Shukla, Rushiraj Barot and Arjun Das won the Silver in the event with a combined score of 1647. Korea won the Gold with a score of 1698 while the Thai team bagged the Bronze shooting 1616.
 
25M Rapid Fire Pistol Men
Neeraj reached the six man final but ended sixth.
 
Vijay Kumar, Neeraj Kumar and Akshay Ashtaputre won the Team Bronze with a combined score of 1712. China won the Gold with a combined total of 1740 while Korea won the Bronze with a total score of 1732.