India finishes fourth in men's 10m air pistol team, gold still out of reach

In the men's 10m air pistol team event at the Asian Games, India finished fourth after accumulating 1,727 points, three points behind Japan's 1,730 that secured bronze. China and Indonesia each tallied 1,743, with China winning gold based on a higher inner-10 count. Individual performances saw Kamaljeet finish ninth with 580, just one point short of the final, while Bhardwaj placed 11th with 579 and Kedarling fell to 35th with 568, affecting the team total.

Indonesia's Muhamad Iqbal Raja Prabovo led the individual qualification round with 589, six points ahead of the second-placed Chinese shooter. India's High Performance Director Pierre Beauchamp declined to comment until the shooting programme concludes.