Asian Games 2014 Photos

Asian Games: Jitu Rai Shoots Gold for India

September 20, 2014 19:45

New shooting sensation Jitu Rai stole the limelight by providing the first gold medal, while Shweta Chaudhry claimed a bronze as India launched their campaign in the 17th Asian Games on a rousing note with two medals on the opening day.

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India launched their campaign with a shooting medal as Shweta Chaudhry bagged a bronze in the women's 10M Air Pistol.
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Shweta's sequence of scores in the 20-shot finals, in which she completed 18 shots before being eliminated, were 10.8, 10.7, 9.3, 10.2, 10.0, 9.8, 9.3, 7.7, 9.7, 10.3, 10.1, 9.8, 10.7, 9.9, 10.6, 8.4, 8.6 and 10.5.
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"I am happy I got the first medal for India, it's a bronze but a medal is a medal. This is the biggest medal for me till now," said Shweta.
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Shweta revealed that she had to compete without her regular weapon which had been held up at the Korean customs over the last three days as the number sent to them from India did not match with that on the weapon.
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Ace Indian shooter Jitu Rai clinched a historic gold in the 50m Pistol event.
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Fresh from his 50m Pistol silver in the World Championships, the Lucknow-based shooter completed a grand double as he had won a gold in the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow earlier this year.
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Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav announced a cash award of Rs. 50 lakh for ace shooter Jitu Rai, who won a gold medal at the ongoing Incheon Asian Games.
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It was six medals in-a-row for Jitu Rain in as many competitions in world shooting since June.
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Chinese shooters Guo Wenjun, Zhang Mengyuan and Zhou Qingyuan won the women's 10m air pistol team event on Saturday morning, the first gold medal at Asian Games.
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North Korea's Om Yun Chol has set a world record in the clean and jerk, lifting 170 kilograms in the men's 56-kilogram class at the Asian Games.
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India ended a 28-year-old medal drought in Asian Games badminton after the women's shuttlers, led by Saina Nehwal and PV Sindhu, edged out Thailand 3-2 to reach the semifinals of the women's team event.
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Indian women's equestrian team finished sixth in the dressage Prix St-Georges event. The Indian quartet of Rajendra Shubhsri, Nadia Haridass, Vanita Malhotra and Shruti Vora came up with an aggregate percentage score of 65.158 to end at sixth in an eight-team field.

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