Johnathan goes home empty-handed, Syasya gets another shot

NATIONAL shooter Johnathan Wong will return home without anything to shout about from the Asian Games while Nurul Syasya Nadiah Ariffin will get one more shot to redeem herself.

Yesterday, Olympian Johna­than-Syasya finished eight after the 10m air pistol’s mixed team qualifying round at the Aichi Prefectural General Shooting Gallery.

The Malaysian pair scored a combined total of 576 to miss the cut for the final while the top four teams – India (587), Iran (584), South Korea (582), and Indonesia (580) progressed to the medal round.

India’s Kamaljeet-Suruchi Singh won the gold after firing an Asian Games record of 484.6 in the final.

South Korea came in second with 478, while Iran settled for bronze with 415.8.

Johnathan-Syasya did better at the 2022 Hangzhou edition when they finished seventh.

Earlier, Johnathan and Syasya also fired blanks in the men and women’s individual 10m air pistol events.

While Johnathan packs up, Syasya will continue her run in Japan as she competes alongside compatriot Alia Sazana Azahari in the women’s 25m pistol event tomorrow.

Today, Malaysia’s Gan Chen Jie, Alia Husna Budruddin, and Nur Suryani Taibi will compete in the women’s individual 50m rifle three positions event.

RESULTS

10m air pistol mixed team

Final: 1. India 484.6 (GR), 2. South Korea 478, 3. Iran 415.8.

Qualification: 1. India 587, 2. Iran 584, 3. South Korea 582. Selected: Malaysia 576.