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Saif Alshamsy asserts his supremacy, clinches title

Kamesh Srinivasan

JAIPUR: Saif Alshamsy of the United Arab Emirates won the double trap gold with a seven-point margin, but the seasoned Indian shooters bit the dust on a windy day in the Asian Clay shooting championship at the Jagatpura Range here on Monday.

The 39-year-old Alshamsy shot rounds of 47, 48 and 43 in the qualification series and a 45 in the final. Led by Col. Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore, the Indian team had the class and credentials, but only Vikram Bhatnagar could make the final.

It proved no consolation as Bhatnagar ended up sixth, losing the tie-shoot to Hamad Al-Maari of Qatar.

Bhatnagar had shot well with consistent rounds of 44, 46 and 44 during qualification but a below par 39 in the final saw him slip from the third place to the sixth.

Rathore and Ronjan missed the final by two points. Rathore saw his form ebbing away in a series of 45, 43 and 41, while Ronjan’s improving form, reflected in a series of 38, 44 and 47, proved inadequate.

Double delight

Ajay Mittal won the junior gold with a score of 126. It was double delight as the Indian junior squad also had the honour of beating Qatar, the only other team in the fray, for the gold by a comfortable margin.

The results (Double trap, men): 1. Saif Al Shamsy (UAE) 183 (138); 2. Mashfi Al-Mutairi (Kuw) 176 (133); 3. Rashed Al-Athba (Qat) 175 (131); 6. Vikram Bhatnagar 173 (134) 8; 7. Ronjan Sodhi 129; 9. Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore 129; MQS: Vikram Chopra 127; Mohammed Asab 124.

Team: 1. Kuwait 395; 2. Qatar 393; 3. India 392.

Women: 1. Mariya Dmitrmenko (Kaz) 81; 2. Noora Al-Ali (Qat) 80; 3. Anastassiya Davydova (Kaz) 76; 5. Varsha Tomar 74; 6. Seema Tomar 70; 8. Shreyasi Singh 66.

Team: 1. Kazakhstan 232; 2. India 210; 3. Qatar 201.

Junior men: 1. Ajay Mittal 126; 2. Hamoud Al-Sabah (Kuw) 125; 3. Masoud Al-Adba (Qat) 117; 4. Sangram Singh Dahiya 114; 6. Chetan Kumar Sansanwal 98.

Team: 1. India 338; 2. Qatar 284.

Grand Prix, men: 1. Saif Al-Shamsi 138; 2. Rashed Al-Manee (Kuw) 136; 3. Vikram Bhatnagar 134; 13. Yadvendra Singh 109; 14. Y.P. Singh 94.

Team: 1. Kuwait 395; 2. Italy 375; 3. Iran 352.

Women: 1. Mariya Dmitrmenko (Kaz) 81; 2. Anastassiya Davydova (Kaz) 76; 3. Yelena Struchayeva (Kaz) 75; 4. Seema Tomar 70; 5. Bharti Singh 66; 6. Shreyasi Singh 66. Team: 1. Kazakhstan 232; 2. India 205.

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