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Saurabh Chaudhary wins India's first gold medal in the shooting event

Published on August 23, 2018
Shooter Saurabh Chaudhary (16) won gold medal in Men's 10m Air Pistol event with a record score of 240.7 at the 2018 Jakarta Palembang Asian Games in Indonesia.
Saurabh Chaudhary wins India's first gold medal in the shooting event
  • For the first time he was competing in a senior event and won gold medal in his Asian Games debut.
  • It was India's first shooting gold in the ongoing event.
  • Another Indian shooter, Abhishek Verma (29) also won bronze medal in the same event.
  • In Men's 50-metres Rifle 3 Positions event, India's Sanjeev Rajput won silver medal.

About Saurabh Chaudhary:

  • He hails from Kalina village in Meerut, Uttar Pradesh.
  • He is the son of a farmer.
  • He started shooting at the age of 15 in Meerut. 
  • He was trained with senior shooters in the run-up to the 2018 Asian Games.
  • He had won gold medal while setting new World record at the ISSF Junior World Cup in Germany in June 2018.
  • He will participate in 2018 Youth Olympics in Buenos Aires, Argentina in October 2018.
  • He had won gold medal with a junior world record at the 10th Asia Youth Olympic Games qualification event in December 2017.

Question:

Q. Which Shooter has won gold medal in Men's 10m Air Pistol event with a record score of 240.7 at the 2018 Jakarta Palembang Asian Games in Indonesia?
a. Gaurav Chaudhary
b. Saurabh Chaudhary
c. Raghav Chaudhary
d. None of the above
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