New Delhi, Nov 11 (PTI) Indian shooters began their 15th Asian Airgun Championship campaign on a positive note in Daegu, Korea, picking up a gold, silver and bronze on Friday.

The gold came from Olympian Divyansh Singh Panwar in the men's 10m air rifle junior event, while Kiran Ankush Jadhav shot a silver in the corresponding senior competition.

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Sri Karthik Sabari Raj Ravishankar won a bronze in the junior men's air rifle.

Divyansh outgunned local favourite Bang Seungho 17-9 in the gold medal match after topping the ranking round with a score of 260.7. Sri Karthik shot 258.8 to finish behind Seungho and settle for bronze.

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In the men's 10m air rifle, Kiran Ankush Jadhav reached the final after coming second in the ranking round with a score of 262.4.

Reigning world champion Rudrankksh Patil finished fourth with 260.2, while Arjun Babuta finished seventh.

In the gold medal clash, Kiran went down 10-16 to Korean Park Hajun.

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