Asian Games 2023: India wins silver in women’s 10m air pistol team event

As Indian shooters continue to make history in the ongoing Asian Games, India's women team won silver medal at 10m air pistol shooting event in Hangzhou on Friday.

The Esha Singh-led women's 10m air pistol trio bagged a silver with an aggregated score of 1731. The trio of 18-year-old Esha (579), Palak (577) and Divya TS (575) was left behind China, who took the gold with a total of 1736, which is an Asian Games record.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi congratulated the leading shooters of India for their achievement on social media site X, formerly known as Twitter.

“Another medal in Shooting at the Asian Games! Congratulations to Divya Thadigol, Esha Singh and Palak on winning a Silver Medal in the 10m Air Pistol Women's team event. Best wishes to them for their future endeavours. Their success will motivate several upcoming sportspersons,” he tweeted on X.

The third position was secured by Chinese Taipei with bronze, totalling to 1723. Esha and Palak also won individual medals as they both entered into the eight-shooter final, placed fifth and seventh after the qualification round. Divya missed the cut, finishing 10th.

The scores in the qualification round decide the team medallists, while eight top-scoring shooters move into the finals to win individual glory.

Esha had also claimed a silver medal in the women's individual 25m pistol event on Wednesday, while the trio of Manu Bhaker, Esha and Rhythm Sangwan had fired in tandem to shoot the gold medal in the women's 25m pistol team event on the same day.

So far, team India brought a total of 27 medals for the country. Five gold medals have come from shooting and one each from cricket and equestrian till morning on Friday.