Saurabh shines; Patil wins women’s 10m air pistol trials
NEW DELHI : Olympian Saurabh Chaudhary won the gold medal in the men’s 50m pistol competition while seasoned Navy shooter Omkar Singh claimed the men’s 25m centre fire pistol event in the national selection trials here on Thursday.
Maharashtra’s Abhidnya Patil won the women’s 10m air pistol competition, but it was young Shikha Narwal of Haryana who impressed the most, with three medals to her name on the day.
With two more days left for the ongoing trials to conclude, Abhidnya, who had topped the qualification on Wednesday with an effort of 576 to lead the top-eight into the medal rounds, setup the gold medal match with Shikha, who made it to three such title deciders.
Abhidnya prevailed 16-14 in a hard-fought contest at the Dr. Karni Singh Shooting Range.
Shikha was not to be denied however as she beat state-mate
Palak 16-6 in the junior women’s 10m air pistol T3 gold medal contest.The two met again in the youth category decider, but this time Palak won 17-13. However, by then, Shikha had won a gold and two silvers on a single day.
Shotgun World Cup
The Indian men’s skeet team comprising Mairaj Ahmad Khan, Gurjoat Khangura and Parampal Singh Guron on Thursday endured a disappointing outing to finish 12th in the ongoing ISSF Shotgun World Cup in Lonato, Italy.
The trio shot a combined total of 203 out of a possible 225 to fall well short of the medal round.
With one more day to go, Mairaj will get another shot at a medal as he teams up with Ganemat Sekhon in the mixed skeet competition on Friday.
India has so far won one silver medal courtesy the trio of Kynan Chenai, Vivaan Kapoor and Prthviraj Tondaiman in the men’s trap team competition.