Aishwarya Pratap Singh Tomar shot 10. 7 in the final shot to win the gold medal in 50m rifle 3 positions (3P) at the Asian Rifle/Pistol Championships at the Dr.

Karni Singh Shooting Range here on Thursday. The 25-year-old pipped silver medalist Neeraj Kumar while Akhil Sheoran won the bronze, giving India a clean sweep of the event. Neeraj, for whom this is the first individual international medal, went into the 35th and final shot with a one-point lead over Aishwarya.

She fired first and scored 10. 3, giving Aishwarya a target of 10.

6 to win the gold. The World Championships silver medalist held his nerve and scored an excellent 10. 7 to leave Neeraj behind and clinch the top prize.

He finished with 362. 0 while Neeraj had 361.

8. Sheoran’s final score was 343. 5.

In the qualification, Neeraj reached the finals in first place with a score of 593-34x, followed by Aishwarya (588-40x) and Sheoran (588-32x). The trio of Aishwarya, Neeraj and Sheoran also won gold in the team event, while Japan and Kazakhstan won silver and bronze respectively. Karmakar on top In the junior men’s final, Adrian Karmakar took his second gold of the championships with 353.

2. This was 4. 7 more than silver medalist Dmitry Kim of Kazakhstan.

India’s Manvendra Singh Shekhawat (338. 6) won the bronze medal. The championship will conclude on Friday.