The rifle hall at the Fuyang Yinhu Sports Centre was witness to the highs of ecstasy and the lows of disbelief in Indian shooting simultaneously on Friday even as the country added two golds and three silvers to its medals tally from the sport.
Aishwary Pratap Singh Tomar took his personal tally to four with a gold and silver each in the rifle 50m 3-Position on the day, as shooting’s own tally went up to 18 medals so far in this edition — six gold, seven silver and five bronze — with two more days of action remaining, bettering the previous best of 14 medals in 2006 at Doha. Also adding two silvers to take her personal medal count to four was Esha Singh, taking the team and individual second spot, the latter behind compatriot Palak in the 10m air pistol as India finally got a 1-2 in shooting.
Four medals in your maiden Asian Games, including two gold, at the age of 22 would be a matter of pride for anyone. For Tomar, it was just reward for the efforts the youngster has put in over years. He took an individual silver with 459.7 points, having led to a team gold earlier in the day along with Swapnil Kusale and Akhil Sheoran for a new World Record total of 1769 points.
