Asian Games 2023: Sarabjot Singh, Arjun Cheema and Shiva Narwal clinch gold in 10m Air Pistol men's team event

This marks the 4th Gold medal in shooting for India

At the Asian Games 2023 in Hangzhou, India's Sarabjot Singh, Shiva Narwal, and Arjun Singh Cheema clinched the gold medal in men's 10m Air Pistol team event, narrowly defeating China by just one point. This victory marked India's sixth gold medal at the Games and their fourth in shooting along with four silver and five bronze. Meanwhile Vietnam secured the bronze medal in this category.

The Indian trio finished with a total of 1734 points, while hosts China won the silver medal with a score of 1733 points and the Vietnamese team finished with a bronze medal and a score of 1730. The start was shaky but the Indian 10m Air Pistol shooting trio found their rhythm back strong. From the sixth spot the team jumped up to second.

Shiva Narwal was lagging behind since the beginning but started catching up with the following series of shots. After being almost out of the medal contention, they bounced back and pulled off an amazing comeback to defeat China by a solitary point who were leading for majority of the time.

In a heart-pounding conclusion to the team event, the Indian squad found themselves in second place with just two shots remaining. Sarabjot Singh's and Shiva's perfect 10s in those final shots secured the gold for India.

Sarabjot Singh, with 580 points, achieved the fifth position, and Arjun Singh Cheema, scoring 578 points, secured the eighth spot in the individual qualification event. Both qualified for the men's 10m Air Pistol individual final. Shiva Narwal failed to qualify with a score of 576 but was crucial in India clinching the team gold medal.

India has so far won 24 medals, with 13 of them coming from shooting including four gold, four silver and five bronze medals.