Shooters Apruvi Chandela and Ravi Kumar opened India’s Asian Games 2018 medal tally by claiming bronze in the 10m Air Rifle Mixed Team event on Sunday. The India duo finished third with a total of 429.9 points. Apurvi Chandela and Ravi Kumar had qualified for the final by finishing second with 835.3 points. India started strong by being placed second with 102.9 points after the first 10 shots. India maintained their second position after the next set of ten shots reaching their tally of 205.5 points. After Stage 1 (30 shots), the Indian shooters maintained the second position with 308.5 points.
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Following that, fifth place Mongolia were eliminated as India, who had a two-point lead in the event, dropped to the third placed as they could not emulated their first and second round’s performance.
Mongolia were the first team to be eliminated and South Korea, who also had a good start, followed suit as they dropped to the fourth place in the second half.
Chinese Taipei won the gold medal with 494.1 points, creating a Asian Games record, while China claimed the silver with 492.5 points.
Meanwhile, in the 10m Air Pistol Mixed Team event, the Indian pair of Manu Bhaker and Abhishek Verma failed to qualify for the finals
