Punjab, Sept. 25 -- Suruchi Singh and Kamaljeet won the 10m air pistol mixed team gold with an Asian record 484.6 - India's second gold of these Games and its first ever in this event.
The final
South Korea took silver on 478.0. Iran took bronze on 415.8.
A margin of 6.6 points over Korea in a mixed team final is comfortable. The record it broke - Uzbekistan's 481.3, set earlier this year at the Asian Shooting Championships in New Delhi - had stood for months.
India had silver in this event at Hangzhou 2023, through Sarabjot Singh and Divya TS. This is the upgrade.
Why this one mattered more than the medal
India's pistol campaign at these Games had been going badly. Manu Bhaker qualified third for the women's 10m air pistol final and ...