Asiad 2018: Shooter Heena Sidhu takes bronze

Palembang (Indonesia) : Experienced Indian shooter Heena Sidhu earned her first individual medal in the Asian Games as she got a bronze medal in the women’s 10m Air Pistol event here on Friday.

Heena scored 219.2 in the final. Wang Qian of China won gold with 240.3 while South Korea’s Kim Minjung (237.6) got silver.

Manu Bhaker, the other Indian to reach the final, finished at a disappointing fifth position with a score of 176.2.

Manu was, however, in promising form during the qualification round earlier in the day. She scored 574 to qualify for the final at the third spot.

Heena struggled during qualification and could only manage the seventh spot after scoring 571.

Wang had topped the qualification round with 580 points while Kim (575) was second.

Published on : Aug 24, 2018 at 12:22 IST

IANS