Indian shooter Manu Bhaker added another medal to her illustrious career by clinching bronze in the women&rsquo;s 10m air pistol event at the Asian Shooting Championship on Tuesday.
The two-time Olympian shot 219.7 in the eight-woman final to secure third place. China&rsquo;s Qianke Ma topped the podium with 243.2, while Korea&rsquo;s Yang Jiin finished second with 241.6.
Earlier in the 60-shot qualification round, Manu scored 583 (18x) to rank third, ahead of Yang Jiin (581 &ndash; 16x, fifth place) and Qianke Ma (579 &ndash; 15x, seventh place).
India has had a strong start to the competition. On the opening day, the shooters bagged two gold and three silver medals. Kapil Bainsla took the junior men&rsquo;s air pistol gold, while both senior and junior men&rsquo;s teams secured silver.
The men&rsquo;s 10m air pistol team of Anmol Jain, Saurabh Chaudhary and Aditya Malra opened India&rsquo;s medal tally with a silver, scoring 1735-52x. They finished just behind China&rsquo;s Hu Kai, Changjie You and Yifan Zhang, who won gold with 1744-51x.
In the youth category, 17-year-old Girish Gupta struck gold in the men&rsquo;s 10m air pistol event, leading an Indian 1-2 finish. He shot 241.3 in the final, while 14-year-old Dev Pratap settled for silver with 238.6.
India&rsquo;s senior shooting squad for the Asian meet includes 35 members across 15 events, while a total of 129 shooters are competing in the junior categories at Shymkent. [Except for the headline, this article has not been edited by the Benefit News editorial team and is published directly from the IANS news feed]

Manu Bhaker wins bronze at Asian Championship

Manu Bhaker clinches bronze in women’s 10m air pistol at Asian Shooting Championship

Manu Bhaker wins bronze at Asian Championship

Manu Bhaker clinches bronze in women’s 10m air pistol at Asian Shooting Championship

August 19, 2025 | 16:22 IST