Asian Games 2018: Sanjeev Rajput bags silver medal in men's 50m Rifle 3 Positions; India's medal tally rises to 8

Palembang: Indian shooter Sanjeev Rajput clinched a silver medal after letting slip early domination in the men’s 50m Rifle 3 Positions event at the 18th Asian Games here on Tuesday. The 37-year-old shot 452.7 to claim the silver medal, while China’s Hui Zicheng notched up the gold medal with a score of 453.3. Japan’s Matsumoto Takayuki bagged the bronze with 441.4. [caption id=“attachment_5010221” align=“alignleft” width=“380”] Sanjeev Rajput (extreme left), shot 452.7 to claim the silver medal for India. AFP[/caption] Rajput dominated the proceedings in the keeling and prone positions. However, an erratic show in the standing round put paid to his hopes of a gold. He recovered from 7.8 in the third series of the kneeling position to end in the top position with a score of 151.2. Rajput continued his impressive run in prone, leading from start to finish after consistently shooting 10s. He had a total score of 307.1 after 30 shots. In the standing position, Rajput led after the first series with a score of 355.6 but his slide coincided with Zicheng raising the bar. Rajput had won the gold medal at the 50m rifle 3 positions in the Gold Coast Commonwealth Games.