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Aishwary Pratap Singh Tomar: India’s Akhil Sheoran and Aishwary Pratap Singh Tomar helped India to a 1-2 finish in the men’s 50m rifle 3 positions event on Friday as India extended their dominance of the on-going Asia Olympic Qualification Rifle/Pistol to a fifth consecutive day.

The trio of Akhil, Aishwary and Swapnil Kusale also won the men’s 3P team gold taking India’s tally to a total of 10 gold, eight silver and six bronze medals, with two left to play.

All three Indian men made the finals of the individual competition comfortably with Aishwary (588) taking second, Akhil (586) third and Swapnil (584) the fourth qualifying spots, as China’s Yu Hao topped the 44-strong field with a 589.