Indian shooter, Amanpreet Singh, made the nation's proud by winning silver in the air pistol (junior category) and helping the team in winning a silver medal, in team event, on the opening day of the Asian shooting championship in Kuwait. Singh who score 670.5 points, fell 11.5 points short to Chinese Jiajie Mi who scored 681.8 to win the gold medal. The bronze went to another Chinese Shenghua Jhao with 668.9.
In the team event, Indian shooting team comprising Amanpreet Singh (575), Zakir Khan (561) and Harit Babbr (555) had a total of 1691 out of a possible 1800 to win the silver medal. The team gold medal was won by China with a score of 1707 and Bronze medal went to Thailand with 1683.
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