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Angad Bajwa, Elavenil-Hriday bag top honours at Asian Shotgun C'ships
Updated On: 07 November, 2018 09:44 AM IST | Kuwait City | PTI
India's Angad Bajwa bags historic skeet gold at Asian Shotgun C'ships; Elavenil-Hriday win 10m air rifle event

India's shooter Angad Vir Singh Bajwa
Angad Vir Singh Bajwa shot to a gold with a world record score in the men's skeet final of the 8th Asian Shotgun Championship, becoming the first Indian skeet shooter to win a continental or world level event. Angad shot a perfect 60 out of 60 in the final round to claim top spot ahead of China's Di Jin who shot 58. UAE's Saeed Al Maktoum won bronze with a score of 46.
Angad shot 121 out of 125 in qualification to be tied at second position with three other shooters. Di Jin shot 124 to top the qualification round. Angad then went into a shoot-off to determine the minor positions and shot 15 targets to Al Maktoum's 16 to be placed third. Local shooter Saad Habib missed his sixth shoot-off target to qualify fourth while Kuwait's three time World Champion and Rio Olympics Bronze medalist Abdullah Alrashidi qualified fifth with a score of 120. China's Jiang Yang took the sixth and final qualifying spot with a score of 119 and overcoming a four-man shoot-off.
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