Chandela, Chain Singh strike gold

NEW DELHI: Apurvi Chandela gave a firm indication that her Rio preparations were on the right track when she won the Women’s 10M Air Rifle event on the last day of the 59th National Shooting Championship here on Tuesday.

Chain Singh, also a Rio Olympic qualifier like Apurvi, claimed the Men’s 50M Rifle 3 Positions gold. While Apurvi was clearly the woman to beat in her final, Chain had to fend off the challenge from Olympic medalist Gagan Narang who finished second.

It was a 1-2 for Rajasthan in the Women’s 10M Air Rifle as unheralded junior Geetakshi Dixit came second to go along with her three more Gold and another Silver medal in the day.

India international Anjum Moudgil of Haryana won the bronze. Apurvi shot 207.8 in the finals, Geetakshi a point less while Anjum ended with 185.7

LAHIRI, CHAWRASIA IN JEEV’S TEAM

SHAH ALAM, MALAYSIA: Indian golfers Anirban Lahiri and SSP Chawrasia were among the 12-member Team Asia named on Tuesday by captain Jeev Milkha Singh for the second edition of the Eurasia Cup to be held here on January 15-17, 2016.

Lahiri, Thai ace Thongchai Jaidee, Chawrasia and Malaysia’s Danny Chia earned their places as the leading four Asian golfers on the Asian Tour Order of Merit when qualifying concluded on Sunday while Thailand’s Kiradech Aphibarnrat, Japan’s Shingo Katayama and Korean duo K.T. Kim and new sensation Byeonghun An made it into Team Asia from the Official World Golf Rankings, according to a release.