Bhopal, Dec 27: Teenage Bengaluru shooter Tilottama Sen gave a composed performance to win the women’s 50m rifle 3-Positions gold at the National Shooting Championships, here on Saturday.
The 17-year-old, who was the youngest Indian shooter to secure a Paris Olympics quota place for the country, took the top podium spot with a score of 466.9.
Kerala’s Vidarsa K Vinod secured the silver medal with 462.9, finishing four points adrift, while Railways’ rifle stalwart Ayonika Paul completed the podium with the bronze after scoring 451.8.
In junior women’s 50m rifle 3P, Army’s Rituparna Deshmukh came up with a controlled performance in the final to claim gold with 458.6. Haryana’s Nischal finished just 0.5 points behind to take the silver with 458.1. Karnataka’s Anushka Thokur secured bronze with 447.6.
In the senior women’s 50m rifle 3P team event, Rajasthan (Manini Kaushik, Sweety Choudhary and Monika Jakhar) clinched gold with an aggregate score of 1751. (PTI)
