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16-year-old shooter Saurabh Chaudhary bags gold,

16-year-old shooter Saurabh Chaudhary bags gold,

 

Saurabh Chaudhary, all of 16, on Tuesday became only the fifth Indian shooter to claim a gold in the Asian Games history, beating a field of multiple world and Olympic champions in the 10m air pistol finals in Palembang.Chaudhary, competing in his first senior event, showed maturity and calmness well beyond his age to snatch the lead from 2010 World Champion Tomoyuki Matsuda on the penultimate shot in the 24-shot final. Another Indian making his international debut, 29-year-old Abhishek Verma, shot 219.3 to secure bronze.

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