Busan: Indian women won a silver medal in the 10m Air Rifle team event at the Asian Games on Wednesday.

The team comprising Suma Shirur, Anjali Bhagwat and Deepali Deshpande shot a total of 1,187 points to finish second behind Chinese women who claimed the gold with a world record 1,194 points.

South Korea won the bronze with 1,183 points.

The Indian team comprising Suma Shirur, Anjali Bhagwat and Deepali Deshpande bettered the previous Asian record but still had to be content with a silver in the event which was won by the Chinese team with a new world record.

The Indians shot a total of 1187 points to finish seven points adrift of Chinese team of Li Du, Zhao Yinghui and Jing Goa who scored 1194 points.

Suma Shirur scored 397 points while Anjali and Deepali fired 396 and 394 respectively. The South Korean team took the bronze with a total of 1183 points.

Anjali, however, missed the bronze in the individual event by just 0.1 points. She scored 396 in the preliminary rounds and 104.5 in the final for an aggregate of 500.5 for the fourth position.

Zhao Yinghui of China won the gold with 501.4 points while compatriot Gao Jing took silver at 501.0. Park Un Kyong of South Korea won the bronze with 500.6 points.

Suma stood fifth in the same event with 499.9 points (397+102.9) while Deepali failed to make it to the final round after scoring 394 in the preliminaries.

PTI