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Indian trio bags team trap bronze in Shooting

Gold continued to elude Indian shooters as the trio of Manavjit Singh Sandhu, Mansher Singh and Zoravar Singh Sandhu settled for the bronze medal in the men's team trap event of the Asian Games.

Updated on: Nov 19, 2010, 12:39:54 IST
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Gold continued to elude Indian shooters as the trio of Manavjit Singh Sandhu, Mansher Singh and Zoravar Singh Sandhu settled for the bronze medal in the men's team trap event of the Asian Games on Friday.

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Manavjit, Mansher and Zoravar combined for a score of 341 to finish third. Kuwaiti trio of Khaled Al-Mudhaf, Naser Meqlad and Abdulrehman Al-Faihan, who totalled 352, won gold and was followed by Lebanon (351).

However the women's trap team of Shagun Chowdhary, Seema Tomar and Shreyasi Singh failed to finish on the podium. The three finished fourth with a score of 181, a point behind bronze-medallists Korea.

The gold was clinched by the Chinese team of Yingzi Liu, E Gao and Xia Tian, who combined for a score of 200 at the Guangzhou Shotgun Centre. The silver went to the North Korea team which totalled 191.

 
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