New Delhi, Dec 29: Asian Championships gold medallist Neeru Dhanda braved chilly weather to deliver a composed performance on way to clinching the women’s trap gold medal in the National Shooting Championship at the Karni Singh Range here on Monday.
The 25-year-old shooter, who took the top-podium spot in the continental showpiece in Kazakhstan recently, finished on top with 41 hits in the final.
She held off a strong challenge from Delhi’s Kirti Gupta, who settled for silver with 40. Neeru’s state team-mate from Madhya Pradesh, Pragati Dubey claimed the bronze with 32 hits.
In junior men’s trap, Aryavansh Tyagi rose to the occasion, shooting 42 to win the gold. Punjab’s Keshav Chauhan took silver with 37, while Uttar Pradesh’s Zuhair Khan claimed the bronze with 30.
In the team events, Madhya Pradesh dominated women’s trap, winning gold with a combined total of 339 (Pragati Dubey, Neeru Dhanda and Manisha Keer). Delhi secured the silver with 333 through Addya Katyal, Kirti Gupta and Bhavya Tripathi, while Punjab claimed bronze with 319 (Rajeshwari, Pukhraj Chahal, Krishika Joshi).
Haryana claimed the junior men’s trap team gold with an aggregate of 336, courtesy of Arjun, Lakshya Atree and Prikshit Arya. Gujarat finished second to take the silver with 327 (Aryan Singh, Bakhtyar Mohamadmuzahid, Manavrajsinh Chudasama), while Rajasthan claimed bronze with 326 through Udhav Singh Rathore, Prithviraj Singh Rathore and Vinay Pratap Singh. (PTI)
