Asian Games 2023: Divyansh-Ramita lose thriller against Korea in air rifle mixed team bronze medal match

The Indian 10m air rifle mixed team, featuring Divyansh Singh Parmar and Ramita, suffered a narrow 18-20 defeat to Korea in the bronze medal medal match of the ongoing 2023 Asian Games in Hangzhou. India had gained an advantage earlier in the contest, surging to a score of 8-0. However, the Koreans got their game underway after Park Hajun shot a 10.9. Follow LIVE:  Asian Games Day 3 updates A scintillating performance was predicted for the crack pair of 20-year-old Divyansh, and teenager Ramita, but the start didn’t quite go as expected as the pair qualified for the finals placed sixth and last after the qualification round. Unlike the individual 10m air rifle event, where eight shooters qualify for the finals, in mixed team six pairs make the medal round. Here too, the top two placed teams compete for the gold, while the remaining four pairs are divided into two groups and compete for two bronze medals. While Korea won one bronze, the second one went to the Kazakh pair of Satpayev Islam and Alexandra Le who defeated the Iranian combine of Amirmohammad Nekounam and Shermineh Amirani 17-11. Panwar, who was part of the 10m air rifle gold-winning team on Monday, shot 314.3, while 19-year-old Ramita shot 313.9 to aggregate 628.2. It was a nerve-wracking bronze-medal match between India and Korea with the Indians leading 9-3 at one point in the race to reach the winning score of 16. But Korea staged a remarkable recovery in the ensuing series to finally drub the Indians 20-18. With inputs from PTI