Asian Games: Indian shooters fail to impress

September 25, 2014 08:46 am | Updated April 20, 2016 06:12 am IST - Incheon

India's Hariom Singh competes in the 50m rifle prone men's competition at the Ongnyeon International Shooting Range for the 17th Asian Games in Incheon, South Korea on Thursday.

India's Hariom Singh competes in the 50m rifle prone men's competition at the Ongnyeon International Shooting Range for the 17th Asian Games in Incheon, South Korea on Thursday.

Indian shooters were off to an unimpressive start on the sixth day of competitions at the 17 th Asian Games with none of them managing a podium finish in Incheon on Thursday.

In the 50m Rifle Prone Men’s Team Finals, India finished fourth behind Kazakhstan, South Korea and China, narrowly missing out on a medal after aggregating a total score of 1852.8 with the help of 97x at the Okryeon International Shooting Range.

In the individual event, Joydeep Karmakar finished 10 th in qualification, Gagan Narang was placed 14 th while Hariom Singh was way behind at 29 th .

In 25m Standard Pistol Men’s Team event, India finished fifth behind Vietnam, Singapore, South Korea and formidable China with a total score of 1684 that included 34x. In the 25m Standard Pistol Individual event, Gurpreet Singh was the best-placed Indian at fifth position, Mahaveer Singh was next at 17 th while Samaresh Jung could manage only a 24 th place finish. Gurpreet shot 570 with the help of 18x.

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