Aakriti Dahiya wins silver medal at Asian Championship

Key facts

• The Asian Championship for rifle and pistol events was held in New Delhi.
• Aakriti Dahiya won the silver medal in the women’s 50m rifle 3 positions event.
• Olympian Anjum Moudgil secured the bronze medal in the women’s 50m rifle 3 positions event.
• Sofiya Shulzhenko of Kazakhstan won the gold medal in the women’s 50m rifle 3 positions with a new world record score of 358.2.
• The Indian women’s team, comprising Aakriti Dahiya, Anjum Moudgil, and Aashi Chouksey, won the silver medal with a total score of 1756-86x.
• Prachi Gaikwad won the gold medal in the junior women’s 3P final with a score of 353.3.
• Tomiris Amanova of Kazakhstan won the silver medal in the junior women’s 3P final with a score of 351.4.
• Anushka Thokur won the bronze medal in the junior women’s 3P final with a score of 341.1.
• Vidarsa Kochalumkal Vinod, a Ranking Points Only (RPO) athlete, topped the qualification chart with 590 points.