New Delhi, Aug. 18 -- Pistol shooter Kapil Bainsla won India their first gold of the 16th Asian Shooting Championship Rifle/Pistol/Shotgun in Shymkent, Kazakhstan.
Bainsla fired 243.0 in the 10m air pistol men's junior final leaving Uzbekistan's Ilkhombek Obidjonov 0.6 seconds behind.
Kapil's compatriot Jonathan Gavin Antony won bronze shooting 220.7, bowing out after the 22nd shot of the 24-shot final.
Earlier Kapil had shot 579 to finish fourth in qualification and made the top eight alongside Jonathan who was second with 582. Mukesh Nelavali was just two inner 10s less than Jonathan, to finish third and make it three Indians in the final. Korean Kim Dooyeon topped the board, also shooting 582, but with at least six shots in the inner ...