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Shreyasi wins trap gold
Shreyasi Singh of Bihar won gold in the women’s trap event event as Beijing Olympics gold-medallist Abhinav Bindra slipped a place to second in men’s 10-m air rifle in the National Shooting Championship here.
Shreyasi Singh of Bihar won gold in the women’s trap event event as Beijing Olympics gold-medallist Abhinav Bindra slipped a place to second in men’s 10-m air rifle in the National Shooting Championship here.
Shreyasi clinched the top prize with a score of 65 + 14. The silver medal was won by Seema Tomar of Army and the bronze went to Ria Rajeshwari Kumari of Punajb. Their scores were 58+14 and 54+18, respectively.
On the second day of the 10-metre qualification, Chain Singh of Army shot 594/600 to take the top place. As a result Bindra, who was tied for the first position on Thursday with PT Raghunath with a score of 591/600, was pushed to the second spot.
The finals of this event will be conducted tomorrow.
On the second day of men's trap event, Zorawar Singh was tied with Olympian Manavjit Singh Sandhu with 95/100.
Mansher Singh, who was leading yesterday, dropped to the third position and was tied with Birendeep Singh with a score of 94/100. The finals of this event will also be conducted tomorrow.
In junior sports pistol event, Shivraj Sase of Maharashtra won the gold medal after shooting 572/600.
The silver and bronze medals were won by Loktongbam of Army (566) and Ajitesh Kaushal of ONGC (565), respectively.