Olympic champion Abhinav Bindra won the air rifle silver behind Asian Games champion Zhu Qinan of China in the fourth Asian airgun shooting championship in Kuwait on Wednesday.
Bindra, who had reduced Zhu Qinan to tears in the Beijing Olympic Games by grabbing the gold, shot 594 in qualification and 103.6 in the final. He was 2.6 points behind the Chinese who shot 598 in qualification.
While Satyendra Singh jumped up to grab the bronze, following 593 in qualification and the best score in the final (103.7), Gagan Narang took the seventh spot at 694.5 following a preliminary score of 592.
In women's air rifle, Indian shooters were below par, as none of them made the final. Anjali Bhagwat missed out on a berth in the final following a shoot-off for two places among three. She shot 50.4, while the other two from Chinese Taipei and Singapore came up with 51.0 and 51.3 respectively.
Iran sprang a surprise with Narjes Emamgholinejad Andvari coming up with a strong fare in the final — an imposing 104.2 — to pip the reigning World champion Yi Siling of China by 0.1 point for the gold, despite a 2-point deficit before the final.
The results: Air rifle: Men: 1. Zhu Qinan (Chn) 700.2 (598); 2. Abhinav Bindra 697.6 (594); 3. Satyendra Singh 696.7 (593); 7. Gagan Narang 694.5 (592).
Women: Narjes Emamgholinejad Andvari (IRI) 51.2 (397); 2. Yi Siling (Chn) 501.1 (399); Wan Xiangyan (Chn) 501.0 (398); 9. Anjali Bhagwat 396; 12. Priya Agarwal 395; 20; Suma Shirur 392.
