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Asian Games: Debutant Saurabh Chaudhary wins 10m air pistol gold
Aug 21, 2018
11:48 am
What's the story
Debutant teenager Saurabh Chaudhary has clinched India's first shooting gold of 18th Asian Games, fetching the top honors in the men's 10m air pistol event in Indonesia's Palembang today.
16-year-old Chaudhary shot a Games record score of 240.7 to pip Japan's Tomoyuki Matsuda (239.7) in an exciting final to add a gold to India's shooting tally of two silver and a bronze this Asiad.
Another medal
Abhishek Verma settled for bronze medal
Hobby shooter Abhishek Verma, also making his Asian Games debut at 29, settled for the bronze medal in the same event with a score of 219.3.
In the second position for most of the final, Chaudhary grabbed the lead after Matsuda fired 8.9 in his penultimate shot.
He went ahead with a 10.2 off his second-last shot and held the nerve to stay ahead.