Thailand wins two gold medals at Asian Airgun Championship

TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

Shooters Napis Tortungpanich and Chanittha Sastwej showed stunning form to win the first gold medals for Thailand at the 14th Asian Airgun Championship in Kazakhstan on Monday. The Thai pairing outshot their rivals to stand top of the podium in the 10m air rifle mixed team category.

Napis and Chanittha bagged a total score of 625.9 to grab the gold by the narrowest of margins from the Kazak team, who scored 625.8.

The 14th Asian Airgun Championship is being held from September 10 to 20. Thai athletes will aim for more medals in the air pistol matches on Tuesday.