Doha: India began their medal hunt with two third-place finishes at the Asian Games on Saturday in the 10m air rifle event, with the men's team winning the bronze and the women's team adding another shortly after.
The Indian men put up a sterling show to finish third in the 10m air rifle team event scoring 1776 points.
The team missed the silver to Korea by just one point. China won the gold scoring 1786.
Meanwhile, Gagan Narang qualified for the finals of the individual event scoring 595. He is currently 3rd.
The women's team fetched the second medal for India, bagging the bronze in the same event.
The team of Suma Shirur, Tejaswini Sawant and Avneet Kaur Sidhu scored a total of 1181 to repeat the feat of their men counterparts finishing third at the Lusaill Ranges.
Chinese women aggregated 1192 to win the gold and Singapore fired 1183 to be third after the qualification round.
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