Sports · 6 February 2026
Suruchi Phogat and Samrat Rana win silver in 10m air rifle mixed team at Asian Shooting Championship
Exam-focused facts from the 6 February 2026 current affairs briefing.
Key facts
- Suruchi Phogat and Samrat Rana secured the silver medal in the 10m air rifle mixed team event at the Asian Shooting Championship held at Dr Karni Singh Shooting Range.
- The pair topped the qualification stage but faced a new four-team final format with elimination stages, differing from the previous playoff system.
- Gold medallists were Kamalov Mukhammad and Nigina Saidkulova from Uzbekistan.
- Phogat, aged 19, had won three of the four ISSF World Cups in 2025 and a gold at the World Cup finals.
- Rana, aged 21, claimed a World Championship gold medal earlier, becoming only the third Indian to achieve this feat after Abhinav Bindra and Rudrankksh Patil.