Goel clinches gold in shooting c’ship
NEW DELHI: On a comeback trial, Olympic silver medallist Vijay Kumar won a bronze medal in his pet 25m rapid fire pistol event, besides accounting for a gold in the team event on the first day of the 18th KSS Memorial Shooting Championship.
While Vijay won the bronze, Arpit Goel of Delhi displayed his class to run away with the top honours in the 25m rapid fire pistol senior men’s category.
Arpit asserted his dominance from the initial phases and remained unchallenged with a score of 34 points. Five points behind him at 29, Shivam Shukla of the Air Force bagged the silver while 2012 Olympic Silver medallist Vijay shot 24 points to finish third. In the team event, Vijay led from the front as he notched up a score of 579 for Haryana. His teammates, Adarsh Singh and Harpreet Singh looked in great touch as the team scored a cumulative score of 1723 to annex the gold.
The Army Markman Unit, comprising Gurmeet, Gurpreet Singh and Pemba Tamang, were not far behind with a score of 1711 to grab the second place. Akshay Ashtaputre couldn’t work his magic here as his teammates Shivraj Sase and Vikrant Ghaisas scored a cumulative 1700 for Maharashtra to settle for the bronze.
WOMEN’S HOCKEY TEAM LOSE TO SPAIN 3-0
MADRID: In a disappointing start to the series, Indian women team was blanked 0-3 by hosts Spain in the opening match of the fivematch series at the Consejo Superior de Deportes Hockey Stadium, here on Wednesday. It was an evenly matched encounter between the two teams but the hosts were helped by the efficient finishing shown by Lola Riera (48’, 52’) and Berta Bonastre (6’) whose goals were enough to secure the victory.
SEEMA DOUBTFUL FOR INTER-STATE MEET
NEW DELHI: India’s Gold Coast CWG women’s discus throw champion Seema Punia missed Tuesday deadline to confirm her participation in the June 26-29 National Inter-state Athletics Championships at Guwhati.
The competition, according to Athletics Federation of India (AFI) is mandatory to qualify for Asian Games in Jakarta.
“Seema represent Uttar Pradesh in the nationals, but hasn’t confirmed her entry,” said PK Srivastava, secretary of the state body. Seema had won silver in CWG and is training in Russia.