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13th Asian shooting championship – Overview

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The 2015 Asian Shooting Championships is being held in between November 1 to November 12. This tournament is an Asian qualifying tournament for the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio. However, this qualification event lost its Rio Olympics’ qualification status when the IOC suspended Kuwait NOC for government interference.

Venue : Kuwait

Asian shooting championship

Top 5 Ranks 

RankCountryMedals
1 South Korea49
2 China37
3 India35
4 Iran16
5 Kazakhstan4

Winners of Rifle events

MedalIndividualJunior
Men’s 50 m Pistol
Gold Park Dae-hun (KOR) Zhang Bowen (CHN)
Silver Jitu Rai (IND) Abdul Hadi Abd Malek (MAS)
Bronze Pang Wei (CHN) Sumedh Kumar (IND)
Men’s 25 m Rapid Fire Pistol
Gold Li Yuehong (CHN) Shivam Shukla (IND)
Silver Zhang Fusheng (CHN) Park Jung-Woo (KOR)
Bronze Kim Jun Hong (KOR) Jaekyoon Lee (KOR)
Men’s 25 m Standard Pistol
Gold Jang Dae-kyu (KOR) Achal Pratap Grewal (IND)
Silver Mahendra Singh (IND) Park Jung-Woo (KOR)
Bronze Tuguldur Oyun (MGL) Jaekyoon Lee (KOR)
Men’s 10 m Air Pistol
Gold Jin Jong-oh (KOR) Bae Jaebeom (KOR)
Silver Pang Wei (CHN) Zhang Bowen (CHN)
Bronze Pu Qifeng (CHN) Sumedh Kumar (IND)
Women’s 25 m Pistol
Gold Zhang Jingjing (CHN) Zhou Qingyuan (CHN)
Silver Han Yoojung (KOR) Kim Hee-sun (KOR)
Bronze Cao Lijia (CHN) Chinki Yadav (IND)
Women’s 10 m Air Pistol
Gold Heena Sidhu (IND) Shri Nivetha Paramanantham (IND)
Silver Otryadyn Gündegmaa (MGL) Shinemurun Nyamdorj (MGL)
Bronze Kim Jang-mi (KOR) Kim Heesun (KOR)

Winners of Pistol event

Indian players in pistol events

Gold :
Shivam Shukla, Achal Pratap Grewal,  Shainki Nagar, Heena Sidhu and Nivetha Paramanantham

Silver :
Jitu Rai, Mahendra Singh.

Bronze :
Sumedh Kumar,Sumedh Kumar, Samarjit Singh and Chinki Yadav.