Mane, Khitta win shooting gold; Natraj claims 100m backstroke

NEWDELHI:SHAHU Mane of Maharashtra and Zeena Khitta of Chandigarh bagged the boys and girls 10m air rifle events respectively at the Dr Karni Singh Shooting Ranges on Friday.

Mane qualified sixth, but rose to win gold with a score of 247.7 points. India’s top shooter Hriday Hazarika of Assam qualified for the final, but faded away.

Zeena won the girl’s event with a score of 251.6, after being placed sixth in qualification.

MAKING A SPLASH

Karnataka’s Srihari Natraj won the boys 100m backstroke at the Talkotara pool.

Natraj had won the individual championship at last year’s junior national swimming in Pune and was declared best swimmer in the senior nationals held in Bhopal in October. The talented swimmer has also qualified for the Youth Olympics to be held in Argentina in November.

MANIPUR’S LAISHRAM IN WRESTLING FINAL

Laishram Sayon Metiei made a mark for Manipur by winning the final of the boys’ 50kg Grecoroman event. Sayon, who represented India at the 2016 Asian and World Cadet Championships, beat Haryana’s Pradeep Vinod 5-1 in the final.

Maharashtra’s Parveen (50kg freestyle), Jagdish Rokade (Greco-roman 42kg), Pravish (GR 58kg) were the other winners in the boys’ section.

Haryana claimed three of the four gold in the girls’ section. Megha Kartar (38kg), Nishu (49 kg) and Priyanka (56kg) emerged winners.

Delhi’s Simran (43kg) was the other winner.