SATYENDRA BAGS GOLD, RICH HAUL FOR INDIA

GOLDCOAST: India ended the Commonwealth Shooting Championships with a rich haul of 20 medals after Satyendra Singh and Sanjeev Rajput won a gold and a silver respectively in the men’s 50m rifle 3 positions event.

The Indian squad won a total of six gold, seven silver and seven bronze medals during the competition.

Apart from Satyendra and Rajput, India’s Chain Singh also qualified for the eight-man final of the 3 Positions event on the final day of the competition.

In the final, Satyendra was quickest of the blocks while Rajput chased him close throughout the length of the 45-shot final.

Satyendra eventually prevailed, finishing with 454.2 to Rajput’s 453.3.

However, Chain Singh, who was in third place in the initial stages of the final, raising hopes of an Indian clean sweep, was eventually overtaken by Australian Dane Sampson. Sampson held on to secure the bronze medal.

In the men’s Trap event at the Shotgun ranges, Birendeep Sodhi was the lone Indian to qualify for the six-man final round. He finished fourth.