Incheon, Sep 22 (IANS): Indian shooters kept up their fine performance in the 17th Asian Games with the women's team winning the bronze in the 25 metre pistol event at the Ongnyeon International Shooting Range here Monday.
The Indian team comprising Rahi Sarnobat (580), Anisa Sayyed (577) and Heena Sidhu (572) shot a total of 1,729 to claim the medal. Rahi was the only Indian to qualify for the semi-final of the individual event, where she finished seventh.
The team gold went to the South Korean team of Kim Jangmi (584), Kwak Junghye (583) and Lee Jungeun (581) with an accumulated score of 1,748. China got the silver after the trio of Zhang Jingjing (591), Chen Ying (580) and Zhou Qingyuan (576) shot a total of 1,747.
The bronze was India's fifth medal from the Asian Games and fourth from the shooting ranges.
Jitu Rai had won the gold in men's 50m pistol event and led the 10m air pistol team to a bronze. Shweta Chaudhry also won a bronze in the women's 10m air pistol event.
Earlier, Ayonika Paul finished a disappointing seventh in the women's 10m air rifle event while China were confirmed winners of the team gold after judges overturned an earlier decision to disqualify them.
The Chinese trio of Yi Siling, Zhang Binbin and Wu Liuxi combined for 1,253.8 points to win the team gold, breaking the world record set by their own teammates last year by 0.1 point. Iran won the silver and Singapore bronze.
But shortly after, the Chinese team was disqualified after judges ruled that Zhang's rifle had violated regulations concerning maximum weight limits. The decision, however, was later overturned following an appeal by the Chinese and Zhang was allowed to compete for the individual title and ended up winning bronze with a score of 186.3 points.
Iran finished 1-2 in the individual section with Najmeh Khedmati (207.9) clinching the gold and Narjes Emamgholinejad Andevari (206.6) taking the silver.
Ayonika, a silver medallist at the Glasgow Commonwealth Games, finished seventh and was the second to be eliminated from the final round with a score of 101.9. She qualified for the final after she finished third in the qualifying round.
In the team event, the silver went to Iranian trio of Najmeh (417.2), Narjes (416.3) and Elaheh Ahmadi (412.4) with a total score of 1245.9. The South Korean team of Kim Seola (416), Kim Gaenam (414.4) and Jeong Mira (411.2) grabbed silver with a tally of 1241.6.
The Indian team comprising Ayonika (417.7), Apurvi Chandela (413.8), and Raj Chaudhary (407.6) finished sixth with a tally of 1,239.1.
In the team component, the combined scores of three shooters for each country in the individual qualification round determine the medallists.