SAF Games: Indians claim two gold medals in shooting

COLOMBO: Indian shooters opened their medal count with a two-gold haul in the 25 meter sports pistol event at the 10th South Asian Games on Sunday.

Anisa Syed claimed the individual top honours while the Indians also picked up the gold in the team event.

Anisa fired 749.6 to win the yellow metal, while two other Indians in the fray - Shilpi and Nausheen Fathima bagged the fourth and sixth places scoring 734.8 and 718.3 respectively.

In the team championship, India came up with a cumulative score of 1643, with Anisa leading the way by shooting home 553 out of a maximum possible of 600. Shilpi and Nausheen  gleaned 546 and 544 points respectively.