Shooting News: Manu Bhaker and Saurabh Chaudhary won Gold in mixed team event at Asian Airgun championship

Teen shooting sensation Manu Bhaker and Saurabh Chaudhary shattered the junior world record on their way to winning the 10m air pistol mixed team gold medal at the 11th Asian Airgun Championships in Kuwait. Manu and Saurabh finished with a score of 485.4 in the final, well ahead of the Chinese pair of Wang Xiaoyu and Hong Shuqi who managed to score only 477.9 while India's second pair in the finals, Abhidnya Patil and Anmol Jain, finished fourth. This was Saurabh's third gold medal in two days having won the team and individual 10m air pistol events while Manu bagged the team silver. India’s junior shooting squad thus ended the championships with a tally of 11 medals which included 4 gold medals.