Ayonika Paul bags bronze medal at 8th Asian Air Gun Championship

India’s Ayonika Paul wobbled a bit towards the end but still managed to bag the bronze medal while Apurvi Chandela missed out on a podium finish after a disappointing outing in the final of women’s 10m air rifle event at the 8th Asian Air Gun Championship in New Delhi on Monday, says a report in Hindustantimes.

“Ayonika shot 185.0 to claim the bronze, behind gold medallist Jasmine Wei Xian Ser (208.1) of Singapore and Iran’s Elaheh Ahmadi, who aggregated 206.6 at the Dr Karni Singh Shooting Range. Besides Ayonika’s achievement, India had a gold medal and two more bronze through Aashi Rastogi and Prachi Gadkari in the women’s 10m air rifle youth and Shriyanka Sadangi in the junior category,” says the report, adding that Rastogi shot 205.7 to bag the top prize, while Prachi managed 183.6 to finish third. Iran’s Roya Seyedeh won the silver medal in the event with a score of 205.5.

According to a report in The Tribune, in the junior category, Sadangi shot 185.4 to finish third on the podium behind Iran’s Najmah Khedmati, who shot an impressive 208.9 to win the gold medal with a world record score and silver winner Fatemeh Karamzadeh (208.3), who is also an Iranian.
“Najmah, who already has a Rio Olympics quota secured, shot 208.9 to beat country woman Karamzadeh, but the record would not stand due to the paucity of competitors in the event,” says the report.