Shooters Aishwary Pratap Singh Tomar:  Shooters Aishwary Pratap Singh Tomar, Swapnil Suresh Kusale and Akhil Sheoran clinched the gold medal in the men's 50m rifle 3 positions team event at the 19th Asian Games, here on Friday.

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The Indian team also shattered the world record, previously held by the United States, with 1769 points. China took silver and the Republic of Korea won bronze.

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Aishwary and Swapnil also made the 50m rifle three positions individual final with a joint-qualification Asian record score. However, Akhil despite finishing fifth with 587-30x score, missed out on the final due to the two players per nation rule.

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