Panaji, Nov 7: Top shooter Mehuli Ghosh of West Bengal clinched a gold in the women’s 10m air rifle event in an impressive show even as Maharashtra crossed the double century medal mark to consolidate its top position in the National Games here on Tuesday.
Mehuli, one of the 13 shooters who have so far bagged 2024 Paris Olympics quota place for India, shot an impressive 253.7 to take the top spot.
Haryana’s Nancy Mandhotra (251.0) won the silver while Swati Chowdhury of West Bengal won the bronze.
Punjab’s Rajeshwari Kumari shot a perfect 50 in two rounds to lead the women’s trap event while Gujarat’s Bakhtyaruddin Malek was leading the men’s event with a score of 49 after the completion of two rounds at the Pernem Shooting Range.
Meanwhile, Maharashtra continued to be at the top spot in the medal standings with just two days to go in the Games.
The 200th medal for Maharashtra came in triathlon mixed relay when women’s individual winner Mansi Mohite covered a deficit of almost two minutes in the anchor leg to help her team get the better of defending champions Tamil Nadu. (PTI)
