Raj Chaudhary surprised a mixed field by winning the women’s air rifle gold in the 14th Kumar Surendra Singh shooting championship at the Dr. Karni Singh Range, Tughlakabad, on Saturday.
In a gripping climax, Raj virtually broke the resilience of Kiranjit Kaur with shots of 10.8 and 10.8, that gave her a 0.9 point lead before the last two shots. She wound up nicely with shots of 10.3 and 10.4 even as Kiranjit came up with 10.6 and 10.4 to bridge the gap to 0.6 point.
The results:
Men: 50m rifle prone: 1. Imran Hasan Khan 206.6 (616.0); 2. Satyendra Singh
202.2 (616.1); 3. Rakesh Manpat 182.2 (612.9).
Juniors: 1. Swapnil Suresh Kusale 615.4 (NMRJ); 2. Ishan Goel 612.1; 3. P. Ajaey Nithish 607.8.
25m sports pistol: Junior men: 1. Pardeep 579; 2. Rushiraj Atul Barot 562; 3. Neeraj Kumar 561.
Women: 10m air rifle: 1. Raj Chaudhary 208.7 (414.6); 2. Kiranjit Kaur 208.1 (415.7); 3. Anjali Bhagwat 185.8 (412.9).
Juniors: 1. Aayushi Gupta 415.9; 2. Shriyanka Sadangi 415.3; 3. Mampi Das 413.0.
Youth: 1. Mihika Poore 409.2; 2. Zenab Bandookwala 409.0; 3. Nimran Kaur Sekhon 406.9.
