India at Asian Games, Sept 27, as it happened: Shooters clinch 7 medals, Vishnu wins sailing medal

That’s it for Scroll’s coverage of the Hangzhou Asian Games 2022 for tonight.

Wednesday was a fruitful day for India at the Fuyang Yinhu Sports Centre PMC Range as the shooting contingent won seven medals with four shooters winning two medals each. Sift Kaur Samra was the star of the day as she won a gold medal in the women’s 50m 3 positions rifle shooting after teaming up with Ashi Chouksey and Manini Kaushik to win silver in the team event. Chouksey won bronze in the individual event for India’s first double podium in Hangzhou. Esha Singh took silver in the 25m rapid pistol shooting event after winning gold in the team event with Manu Bhaker and Rhythm Sangwan. Anantjeet Singh Naruka won silver in the men’s skeet shooting event after having won bronze in the team event with Gurjoat Singh Khangura and Angad Vir Singh Bajwa. India won their third medal in sailing after Vishnu Saravanan clinched bronze in the men’s DInghy - ILCA7.

In tennis, the men’s doubles team of Ramkumar Ramanathan and Saketh Myneni have also secured a medal by reaching the semi-final in the tennis event.

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