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Bengali Girl Tilottama Sen Shines at Asian Games, Secures Silver in Shooting Milestone
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News18•26-09-2026, 09:04
Bengali Girl Tilottama Sen Shines at Asian Games, Secures Silver in Shooting Milestone
- •India clinched a silver medal in the women's 50m rifle three positions team event at the Asian Games.
- •The Indian team, comprising Tilottama Sen, Bidarsha Vinod Kochalumkal, and Ashi Chouksey, scored 1763 points.
- •Tilottama Sen qualified for the individual final, finishing third in the individual qualification standings with 590 points.
- •Despite a setback in the 2023 Hangzhou Asian Games trials, Tilottama won silver at the Asian Championships the same year.
- •Tilottama, an 18-year-old from Bengaluru, also earned a Paris Olympics quota in the 10m air rifle.
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India won the silver medal in the women's 50m rifle three positions team event at the 2026 Asian Games with a total score of 1763 points.
Tilottama Sen and Bidarsha Vinod Kochalumkal qualified for the individual final, finishing third with 590 points and sixth with 588 points respectively.
After finishing third in selection trials for the 2023 Hangzhou Asian Games, Tilottama overcame that setback to win a silver medal at the Asian Championships the same year, thereby earning a quota for the Paris Olympics in the 10m air rifle.
