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| Host city |  Doha, Qatar |
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| Dates | 16–22 December |
The 2009 Asian Airgun Championships were held in Doha, Qatar between December 16 and December 22, 2009. It acts as the Asian qualifying tournament for the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics in Singapore. [1]
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| Host city | Doha, Qatar |
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| Dates | 16–22 December |
The 2009 Asian Airgun Championships were held in Doha, Qatar between December 16 and December 22, 2009. It acts as the Asian qualifying tournament for the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics in Singapore. [1]
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10 m air pistol | Shi Xinglong  China | Rashid Yunusmetov  Kazakhstan | Pu Qifeng China |
| 10 m air pistol team | China Mai Jiajie Pu Qifeng Shi Xinglong |  India Samaresh Jung Zakir Khan Omkar Singh |  Iran Ebrahim Barkhordari Darab Dehghannejad Mohsen Nasr Esfahani |
| 10 m air rifle | Gagan Narang India | Zhu Qinan China | Zhao Shengbo China |
| 10 m air rifle team | India Gagan Narang P. T. Raghunath Sanjeev Rajput | China Zhang Bo Zhao Shengbo Zhu Qinan | Iran Hossein Bagheri Saber Parasti Ahmad Shahmirzadi |
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10 m air pistol | Guo Wenjun China | Tong Xin China | Tien Chia-chen  Chinese Taipei |
| 10 m air pistol team | China Guo Wenjun Shan Wenrui Tong Xin | Chinese Taipei Lee Pei-ching Tien Chia-chen Tsai Chia-hui | India Shweta Chaudhary Heena Sidhu Annu Raj Singh |
| 10 m air rifle | Yu Dan China | Yi Siling China | Jasmine Ser  Singapore |
| 10 m air rifle team | China Ding Tingting Yi Siling Yu Dan | India Priya Agarwal Tejaswini Sawant Suma Shirur | Singapore Goh Jia Yi Jasmine Ser Aqilah Sudhir |
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | China | 6 | 4 | 2 | 12 |
| 2 | India | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| 3 | Chinese Taipei | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 4 | Kazakhstan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | Iran | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Singapore | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| Totals (6 entries) | 8 | 8 | 8 | 24 | |
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