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Asian Shooting Rifle/Pistol C'ship: Anish Wins Bronze In Rapid-fire Pistol, Kazakhstan Take Four Golds

By IANS News February 11, 2026 • 19:28 PM View: 54

Karni Singh Shooting Range: Olympian and world championship silver medalist Anish Bhanwala clinched bronze in the men’s 25m rapid-fire pistol (RFP), his third Asian Championship medal, as Kazakhstan dominated day eight of the Asian Rifle/Pistol Championship, New Delhi 2026, picking up four gold medals here at the Dr. Karni Singh Shooting Range on Wednesday.

Adriyan Karmakar in the 50m rifle prone junior men’s event and the junior men’s 25m RFP team also won gold on the day, taking India’s table-topping medal tally to 41 gold, 19 silver and 15 bronze medals, with two more days of competitions left.

Anish Bhanwala and Adarsh Singh took the seventh and eighth qualifying spots with scores of 574 and 573 respectively, ensuring two Indians in the RFP final. Former champion Nikita Chiryukin of Kazakhstan topped the qualifiers with a 582 and led a trio of his mates into the decider.

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