Pakistan Shooting squad added two more bronze, taking its overall tally in the discipline to two gold and four bronze in South Asian Games.
Pakistan Shooting squad added two more bronze, taking its overall tally in the discipline to two gold and four bronze in South Asian Games.
Shooters Khalil Akhtar and Ghulam Mustafa Bashir finished among the top-50 shooters of the world at the end of 2019.
Men's shooting team secured two Gold and two Bronze in the shooting events at ongoing 13th edition of South Asian Games 2019, which are being held in Kathmandu and Pokhara, Nepal.
Pakistani shooters Khalil Akhtar, Ghulam Mustafa Bashir and Gulfam Joseph will feature in Olympic Games Test Event to be held in Tokyo, Japan from April 16-26 next year.
Pakistan’s foremost pistol shooter Khalil Akhtar could not qualify for the finals after he finished 13th at the ISSF World Cup Final Rifle/Pistol in Putian, China.
Pakistan’s shooting squad attained 10th position out of 16 Asian countries with regards to quota places for Tokyo Olympics 2020.
Arsalan Anwar, hailing from Sindh, won the gold medal for Pakistan in the Asian International Defensive Pistol Association Cup (IDPA) competition held in Bangkok.
Pakistan’s Rashid Idrees finished at the 15th position in the 50m Pistol event at the 14th Asian Shooting Championship in Doha, Qatar.
19-year-old marksman Gulfam Joseph qualified to represent Pakistan at 2020 Olympics in Tokyo after competing in the 14th Asian Shooting Championships in Doha.
Ghulam Mustafa Bashir became the second shooter after Khalil Akhtar to win a quota place for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics when he moved into the finals of the 25 meter Rapid Fire Pistol event at the 14th Asian Championship in Doha, Qatar.
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