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NEW DELHI, FEB. 12. It was one of the most successful days for Indian shooters as they not only won two gold in the trap event but also grabbed four quota places for the Athens Olympics at the 10th Asian Shooting Championship at Kuala Lumpur. Mansher Singh led the Indian charge winning the gold medal in the trap event with a score of 23/25 in the finals. Manavjit Singh, who finished fifth with a score of 22/25, also got the quota place in this category. The third quota place was won by Deepali Deshpande in sport rifle 3 position event with a score of 66.9. Even though Deshpande finished sixth in the overall standing she could secure one of the two Athens Olympics berth for the event as the first four shooters had already qualified. Gagan Narang won the fourth quota place for India in the air rifle men's event with a score of 696.6 to finish fourth. Zhq of China won the gold, while Skoromon of Uzbekistan and Yanagyida of Japan secured the silver and bronze medals respectively. The team comprising Narang, Sandeep Tarte and H. Salim finished fourth with a score of 1771/1800. Meanwhile, Ronak Pandit won his second gold on Thursday in the standard pistol junior event with a score of 561/600. He had earlier won the gold in rapid fire pistol. India has so far won four gold and a bronze medal in the Asian Championship so far.
— PTI
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