Asiad 2018: India win mixed air rifle bronze, wrestler Sushil suffers shock defeat

Jakarta, August 19

India opened its account in the 18^th Asian Games with Ravi Kumar and Apurvi Chandela winning the bronze medal in the 10m mixed air rifle event here on Sunday.

The duo of Kumar and Chandela finished third on the podium with a score of 429.9.

Chinese Taipei claimed gold with 494.1 with a Games record while China bagged silver with 492.5.

Kumar and Chandela entered the final as the second-best team with 835.3.

However, Manu Bhaker and Abhishek Verma failed to qualify for the final of 10m mixed air pistol event.

Meanwhile, India's veteran Sushil Kumar suffered a shock defeat in the opening round to crash out of the men's 74 kg category in the wrestling competition here on Sunday.

Sushil seemed sluggish and off-colour right from the start during a rather lacklustre 3-5 defeat to Adam Batirov of Brunei.

Batirov will take on Abdul Ghafar Qaderi of Afghanistan in the pre-quarterfinals. Agencies