Mehuli Ghosh's effort will, however, not be considered as a world record, as the South Asian Games' results are not recognised by the international body (ISSF) for the purpose of records.
Samaresh Jung shot down two more gold medals while Gagan Narang and Joydeep Karmakar combined to shatter a meet record as the Indians continued to rule the roost in the Commonwealth Championships in New Delhi on Friday
A star-studded Indian shooting contingent will begin their Rio Olympics campaign on Saturday with in-form Jitu Rai hoping to launch the country's medal haul in an event which will also see his more illustrious senior colleague Abhinav Bindra aiming to end his glorious career on a high.
Reader Ashok Kumar Sharma sent us a picture of Jaspal Rana from Doha.
A summary of sports events and sports persons, who made news on Sunday
Rathore said the government was 'leaving no stone unturned' to train 200 elite athletes for the 2020 Olympics
Check out India's schedule on Day 7 of the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, on Friday.
The boxers hardly broke a sweat while scooping all the seven gold medals up for grabs, while the shooters ended their campaign with an outstanding tally of 25 gold medals to ensure India's reign at the top remained unchecked in the 12th South Asian Games in Guwahati on Monday. On the penultimate day of competition, the Indian was perched at the top with 289 medals (173 gold, 86 silver and 30 bronze).
Indian shooters were again in the spotlight, picking medals in three of the four events on Sunday, Day 4.
He left behind Ashok and Ronak Pandit in the individual event of the 49th National Shooting Championship.
Jaspal Rana and Samresh Jung finished sixth and 36th respectively in the 25 m Standard Pistol event at the World Shooting Championships.
Commonwealth Games gold medallist Saroja Kumari and Shweta Chowdhary placed 31st and 33rd respectively in the women's 25m Sports Pistol at the World Cup in Brazil.
While Samresh Jung claimed bronze at the Sajjan Singh Sethi Memorial Masters meet.
Samresh Jung's dream of winning seven gold medals was dashed as he finished third in the men's 25 metre centre fire pistol shooting event.
Samresh Jung and Ronak Pandit broke the Commonwealth Games record in men's 25m Standard Pistol to give India its fifth gold from the shooting range.
In the medal standings, India were placed eighth with a compilation of seven gold, five silver and 17 bronze.
Sushma Rana and Satguru Das won the individual and team gold in the women's 25m Sport Pistol and men's 50m Rifle Prone respectively at the SAF Games.
India finished fourth in the men's 25m Rapid Fire Pistol and the women's 10m Air Pistol.
The two Indians narrowly lost the gold medal in the women's 10m air rifle and men's 25m standard pistol events, respectively.
A summary of sports events and persons who made news on Saturday
China continued to put up dominating performances in the pool, this time taking gold in women's 10 metre synchronized diving on Tuesday. Slovenian Judoka Tina Trstenjak became her country's second Olympic champion in the sport.
There was ecstasy and agony in equal measure for the Indian contingent on Friday.
London Olympics silver medalist shooter Vijay Kumar of Army shot gold in men's 25m rapid fire pistol event at the 57th National Shooting Championship in New Delhi on Saturday.
Inside the shooting range, his confidence rivals a seasoned campaigner but the moment Anish Bhanwala steps out of it, he becomes the average 15-year-old worried about his maths exam. It's just that he now happens to be India's youngest Commonwealth Games gold-medallist.
India's schedule for Tuesday, the fourth day of competition, at the Asian Games in Incheon.
Abhinav Bindra said he is not in favour of boycotting the 2022 Commonwealth Games
Tejaswini shot 102.1, 102.4, 103.3, 102.8, 103.7, 104.6 for a cumulative score of 618.9 over six series to claim her sixth CWG medal.
'Today we will write to the government of India to find a solution to the matter. Wrestling and wrestlers can't suffer. We are drafting a letter to urge the government to ensure that sport does not suffer'
The Indian Olympic Association suggested a boycott of the 2022 Birmingham Commonwealth Games over shooting's exclusion from the Games.
Lajja Gauswami on Tuesday clinched the silver medal in women's 50-metre Rifle 3 Position event, finally bringing to an end India's lean run at the ISSF World Cup in Granada, Spain.
India's report card on the eigth day of the 2016 Olympics.
Jitu Rai struck gold twice with his pistol while Kerala's swimming sensation Sajan Prakash continued to shatter records and accumulate gold medals, adding a fifth to his tally, on the fifth day of competitions in the 35th National Games in Thiruvananthapuram on Thursday.
Olympic silver-medallist shooter Vijay Kumar shone bright with a golden double even as half a dozen meet records sank without a trace in the swimming pool on the third day of competitions in the 35th National Games in Thiruvanathapuram on Tuesday.
The BCCI this year hasn't forwarded any name for the prestigious Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna award, the highest honour for active sportspersons in the country, since the Indian cricket board didn't find any fitting cricketer for the award.
Check out India's schedule on Day 9 of the 2018 Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast on Friday.
Summary of sports events and persons who made news on Wednesday
India's Manika Batra and Mouma Das lost 3-0 to Tianwei Feng and Mengyu Yu of Singapore in the women's sinlges final.
'Jaan hai to jahaan hai' 'It's a good decision because everyone is disturbed. Athletes' health is paramount'
India thus remained on top of the medals tally with eight medals, while China is in second with two gold, two silver, one bronze.
The fallout of the Pulwama terror attack, which killed over 40 CRPF personnel, on the sporting ties between India and Pakistan was felt the strongest on Friday.
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