Madhya Pradesh shooters walked away with women’s team gold in trap.
Madhya Pradesh’s Asian champion, Neeru Dhanda, continued her good run at the 68th National Shotgun Shooting Championship here at the Dr Karni Singh Shooting Ranges. The promising shotgun shooter topped the field with 41 points in the final. She also contributed to Madhya Pradesh team gold.
Delhi’s Kirti Gupta settled for the silver in individual women’s trap event with 40 points. Neeru’s teammate Pragati Dubey clinched bronze with 32 hits.
Earlier in qualification, Pragati topped the field with 117. Neeru’s preliminary round score was 114. Olympian Rajeshwari Kumari was third with 113.
Addya Katyal of Delhi was fourth shooter to make the final with 112. Preeti Rajak (111+1) and Kirti Gupta (111) rounded off the top six, their positions decided on shoot-off scores.
Addya finished fourth in the final with 27 points. Preeti Rajak was fifth with 21 points and Punjab’s Olympian Rajeshwari Kumari was sixth with 17 hits.
Madhya Pradesh claimed women’s trap team gold with a combined total of 339. Pragati Dubey, Neeru Dhanda and Manisha Keer were the members of the victorious Madhya Pradesh team.
Delhi secured the silver medal with 333 points. Addya Katyal, Kirti Gupta and Bhavya Tripathi performance was good enough for team silver.
Punjab claimed bronze with 319 (Rajeshwari Kumari, Pukhraj Kaur Chahal, Krishika Joshi).
The junior men’s trap final saw Aryavansh Tyagi rise to the occasion with a strong finish, shooting 42 to win the gold medal. Punjab’s Keshav Chauhan took silver with 37, while Uttar Pradesh’s Zuhair Khan claimed the bronze with 30.
Zuhair Khan had earlier dominated the qualification round with a score of 120, ahead of Aryan Singh’s 118, who finished the final at fifth with 21 hits. Aryavansh Tyagi and Arjun both shot 115, with Aryavansh advancing ahead on a shoot-off.
Keshav Chauhan (113) and Manitwa Singh Rawat (112) completed the list of finalists. Manitwal Singh Rawat finished fourth with 27(112) while Arjun of Haryana finished sixth with 14 hits in the final.
Haryana claimed the junior men’s trap team gold with an aggregate score of 336. Arjun, Lakshya Atree and Prikshit Arya were members of the winning team.
Gujarat finished second to take the silver medal with 327 (Aryan Singh, Bakhtyar Uddin Mohamadmuzahid, Manavrajsinh Rajendrasinh Chudasama, while Rajasthan claimed bronze with 326 through Udhav Singh Rathore, Prithviraj Singh Rathore and Vinay Pratap Singh C.
Delhi claimed the gold in the junior women’s trap team event, as Addya Katyal, Bhavya Tripathi and Ananya Yaduvanshi combined for a winning total of 323. Tamil Nadu finished second with 295, while Rajasthan secured the bronze with 274.
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