Olympian Anish Bhanwala secured the silver medal in the 25m Rapid Fire Pistol event at the 16th Asian Shooting Championship in Shymkent, Kazakhstan on Wednesday as India consolidated their position at the top of the medal tally with 74 medals, including 39 gold, 18 silver, and 17 bronze. 

The 22-year-old Anish, who shot 35 in the finals, was edged to the gold by China’s Su Lianbofan, who shot 36 and went on to create new World Junior and Asian Championships Junior Records.

Anish, along with Adarsh Singh and Neeraj Kumar, had earlier picked up the team silver with a combined score of 1738. Adarsh also qualified for the finals in second place after scoring 585 in qualification, but finished fifth in the finals. Neeraj shot 570 in qualification.