Abhinav Bindra on target

December 23, 2014 12:33 am | Updated 12:33 am IST - Pune:

The medallists in men's 10 metre rifle event; From left: Satyendra Singh, Abhinav Bindra and Sanjeev Rajput.

The medallists in men's 10 metre rifle event; From left: Satyendra Singh, Abhinav Bindra and Sanjeev Rajput.

 Ace shooter Abhinav Bindra won the crunch moments to clinch the men’s 10 metre  rifle gold in the 58th National shooting championships at the Shiv Chhatrapati Sports Complex here on Monday.

Placed second in the qualification with 621.7 points, India’s champion in the long weapon style for over 10 years,  the 32-year-old Bindra — with 19 10+ scores — aggregated 208.0 points and pipped Army’s Satyendra Singh to take the title for the second year running.

Other results:  

Team: 10m rifle (men): 1. Army Marksmanship Unit 1857.5 (Satyendra Singh, 620.9, Chain Singh, 620.8, Chavanke Ashok 615.8).

2. Punjab 1846.3 (Abhinav Bindra, 621.7, Ekambir Singh Mandi, 613.8, Harmanvir, 610.8)

3. Air Force 1842.9 (Ravi Kumar, 619.2, Deepak Kumar, 613.3, Mahesh Kumar, 610.4). — Special Correspondent

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