Shotgun team for Olympic quota competition

Kartavya makes the winning move

Ahmedabad’s Kartavya Anadkat emerged winner despite tying with Aji Bagus of Indonesia for the top spot with 10.5 points from 12 rounds by virtue of tiebreak rule in the Brilliant Trophy online chess tournament. Kapil Lakhwani finished third with 10 points.

Final placings: 1. Kartavya Anadkat, 2. Aji Bagus, 3. Kapil Lakhwani, 4. Nelson Lau, 5. Sricharan Sandipagu, 6. Arnav Pradhan, 7. Abdallah M. Nistar, 8. Suresh Kumar, 9. Ajjesh and 10. J. Malleswara Rao.

Best woman: B. Sisika; best veteran: Devasish Pal.

Kartavya.

YMCA Secunderabad enters the semifinals

YMCA Secunderabad scored a 6836 win (HT: 3721) over Loyola Academy in the super league to make the semifinals of the Samuel Vasanth Kumar memorial floodlit basketball tournament at YMCA Secunderabad here on Tuesday.

Vivek stole the thunder for the host, his drivein shooting facing little resistance as he weaved his way in and out of the rival’s citadel as and when he wanted to.

The highspeed contest, though onesided, saw a flurry of fast breaks from both teams but early zeal from the college squad waned over time. Complementing Vivek’s efforts was Rohan while for Loyola, Majid found the mark from outside the arc twice, supplemented by a threepointer each from Vignesh and Steve. On Monday night, Dream Basketball Academy withdrew from the tournament, after WE3 protested the presence of a guest player in the former’s squad in violation of the rules. The protest was upheld and a walkover was awarded to WE3.

The scores: YMCA Secunderabad 68 (Vivek 31, Rohan 17) bt Loyola Academy 36 (Vignesh 12, Majid 12).

Athlete Vinod felicitated

B. Vinod Kumar of Telangana, who won the 800m in the recent junior National athletics meet (under20) at Lucknow was felicitated by Dr. K. Laxmi, IAS, VC & MD of Sports Authority of Telangana State. Vinod had won a gold in the Khelo India Youth Games in Chennai early this year. SATS athletics coach Srinivas, K. Sarangapani, general secretary of Telangana Athletics Association, and Rajesh Kumar, treasurer of TAA, were present.

The National Rifle Association of India has announced the shotgun team for the final Olympic qualification championship scheduled to be staged in Doha, Qatar, from April 19 to 29.

The Olympic quota winners Bhowneesh Mendiratta, Rajeshwari Kumari, Anantjeet Singh Naruka and Raiza Dhillon were not selected.

The team: Trap: Prithviraj Tondaiman, Vivaan Kapoor, Zoravar Singh Sandhu; Shreyasi Singh, Manisha Keer, Neeru. Skeet: Mairaj Ahmad Khan, Sheeraz Sheikh, Angadvir Singh Bajwa; Ganemat Sekhon, Maheshwari Chauhan, Areeba Khan.