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Silver for Zakir, gold for India

NEW DELHI: Zakir Khan won the air pistol silver, while the Indian team of Ronak Pandit, Amit Kumar and Amanpreet Singh clinched the gold in the Meeting of Shooting Hopes international junior championship at Plzen, Czech Republic.

The Indian juniors took their collection to 12 — one gold, five silver and six bronze — including four team medals.

The results:

Men: 10m air pistol: 1. Julien Valtz (Fra) 676.7 (577); 2. Zakir Khan 672.6 (575); 3. Ronak Pandit 671.8 (573); 6. Amit Kumar 667.8 (571); 8. Bhrigu Dutt 663.2 (566); 12. Amanpreet Singh 564; 25. Vijay Kumar 559;

Team: 1. India 1708; 2. Czech Republic 1702; 3. France 1694.

50m rifle 3-position: 1. Jason Dardas (U.S.) 1257.5 (1158); 2. Vaclav Haman (Cze) 1257.0 (1158); 3. Zoltan Kecso (Hun) 1249.3 (1151); 14. Hari Om Singh 1143; 24. Prashant Tomar 1132; 30. Satyender Singh 1130.

Women: 25m pistol: 1. Clemence Blin (Fra) 774.5 (574); 2. Joanna Zorn (Pol) 774.0 (573); 3. Shweta Chaudhry 770.5 (573).

50m rifle prone: 1. Mie Hansen (Den) 594; 2. Pernilla Karlsson (Swe) 594; 3. Malin Gustavsson (Swe) 593; 10. Nongthombam Devi Saini 590; 41. Pooja Reddy 578; 51. Navdeep Kaur Dhillon 576.

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