New Delhi/Bhopal, Jan 2 (NationPress) In a remarkable display of skill and composure, Ameerah Arshad from Haryana triumphed in a thrilling 10m Air Rifle Women final at the 68th National Shooting Championship Competitions (Rifle) hosted at the Madhya Pradesh State Shooting Academy in Bhopal on Friday.

She narrowly secured the top position against Rajshree Anilkumar Sancheti from Railways, finishing just 0.1 point ahead. Later that day, Zuhair Khan from Uttar Pradesh also made headlines by clinching the men’s trap gold at the 68th NSCC (Shotgun) with an impressive score of 43 hits.

Ameerah recorded a final score of 251.9, while Sancheti took the silver with 251.8. Pranju Shree Somani of Chhattisgarh earned the bronze with a score of 230.5. Following them were Tilottama Sen in fourth place with 208.9, Kajal Kumari with 187.9, and Sakshi Sunil Padekar at 166.2. Ramita from Haryana finished seventh with 145.1, while qualification leader Prerana Padmakar Morey, who had topped with 632.5, ended up in eighth place with 122.7.

In qualification, both Prerana Padmakar Morey and Pranju Shree Somani shared the top spot with identical scores of 632.5, closely followed by Sakshi Sunil Padekar at 632.1. Ameerah qualified fourth with 631.5, ahead of Kajal Kumari at 631.0, Tilottama Sen at 630.8, Ramita at 630.8, and Sancheti at 630.7.

In New Delhi, Zuhair Khan, a junior men’s trap bronze medallist, emerged victorious in the men’s trap final, achieving a score of 43 hits, marking his first senior national title. Shapath Bhardwaj from Uttarakhand took silver with 40 hits, while Olympian Kynan Chenai earned bronze with 33 hits. Ahvar Rizvi finished fourth with 26, followed by Vivaan Kapoor at 22 and Udayvir Singh Jajee at 19.

Earlier, Vivaan topped the qualification round with 121, while Zuhair followed closely with 120 +3. Ahvar Rizvi also shot 120 but lost in the shoot-off at +2. Shapath Bhardwaj was fourth with 119 +3, Kynan Chenai fifth with 119 +2, and Udayvir Singh Jajee completed the finalists with 118 +6. Mohd Asad Sultan narrowly missed the cut after a shoot-off, despite scoring 118 +3.

In the team event, Uttar Pradesh captured the gold medal with a total of 345 from the combined efforts of Ahvar Rizvi, Mohd Asad Sultan (who scored 118), and Rayyan Rizvi (with 107). Punjab secured the silver with 342, while Uttarakhand also finished with 342 to claim the bronze medal.

In the 10m Air Rifle Junior Women final, Tilottama Sen from Karnataka carried her strong qualification performance into the final, winning gold with an exceptional 253.1. Samiksha Subhash Patil from Maharashtra took silver with 250.0, and Haryana’s Ramita added a bronze to her collection, scoring 230.0. Ameerah Arshad finished fourth with 208.2, followed by Pranju Shree Somani (at 187.7), Tanishkaa Kumari Pillai (at 164.3), Kajal Kumari (at 144.8), and Kopal Dubey (at 123.1).

Tilottama capped off a remarkable day by winning her second gold in the Youth Women’s 10m Air Rifle final, finishing with 251.6. Ameerah Arshad again showcased her talent, securing the silver with 251.4, while Avantika Rajendra Shelke from Maharashtra took home bronze with 229.4. Pranju Shree Somani finished fourth with 207.5.

In the team competitions for the 10m Air Rifle, Haryana excelled in the Women’s Team event, winning gold with an aggregate score of 1892.7, ahead of Railways (1886.0) and Madhya Pradesh (1884.3). Haryana also led the Junior Women’s Team standings, achieving the same aggregate score, followed by Karnataka (1887.1) and Gujarat (1876.9). Karnataka captured the Youth Women’s Team gold with 1887.1, while Haryana (1885.9) and Madhya Pradesh (1881.7) rounded out the podium.

Other Results

10m Air Rifle Women

Senior Team

Haryana (Ameerah Arshad, Ramita, Shruti) – Gold (1892.7)

Railways (Mehuli Ghosh, Sonam Uttam Maskar, Meghana M. Sajjanar) – Silver (1886.0)

Madhya Pradesh (Mahima Sisodiya, Shreya Agrawal, Shrivalli Shrivastava) – Bronze (1884.3)

Junior Team

Haryana (Ameerah Arshad, Ramita, Shruti) – Gold (1892.7)

Karnataka (Tilottama Sen, Anushka H Thokur, Hrudya Shri Kondur) – Silver (1887.1)

Gujarat (Viddhi Kishorbhai Godhani, Dhruvi Ashish Panchal, Maitri Ashwinbhai Amariya) – Bronze (1876.9)

Youth Team

Karnataka (Tilottama Sen, Anushka H Thokur, Hrudya Shri Kondur) - Gold (1887.1)

Haryana (Ameerah Arshad, Panaah Bhugra, Hazel) - Silver (1885.9)

Madhya Pradesh (Shrivalli Shrivastava, Gautami Bhanot, Navya Gupta) - Bronze (1881.7)

Sub Youth

Chhavi Pant (Uttarakhand) – Gold (632.5)

Pranjul Shree Somani (Haryana) – Silver (632.5)

Kopal Dubey (Meghalaya) – Bronze (630.6)

Deaf

Komal Milind Waghmare (Maharashtra) – Gold (625.3)

Mahit Sandhu (Chandigarh) – Silver (625.3)

Natasha Uday Joshi (Maharashtra) – Bronze (623.7)

Civilian

Pranjul Shree Somani (Haryana) – Gold (632.5)

Sakshi Sunil Padekar (Maharashtra) – Silver (632.1)

Tanishkaa Kumar Pillai (Gujarat) – Bronze (631.7)

Civilian Team

Maharashtra (Sakshi Sunil Padekar, Anshika Rakesh Chokhani, Dnyaneshwari Jayveer Patil) – Gold (1883.2)

Haryana (Samridhi Bebortha, Dhyuti Dhar, Teejan) – Silver (1882.8)

Uttar Pradesh (Sangeeta Singh, Samiya Mehar, Anushree Rai) – Bronze (1882.5)

Junior Civilian

Pranjul Shree Somani (Haryana) – Gold (632.5)

Tanishkaa Kumar Pillai (Gujarat) – Bronze (631.7)

Kajal Kumari (Jharkhand) – Silver (631)

Junior Civilian Team

Haryana (Shruti, Panaah Bugra, Rashmeet Kaur) – Gold (1883.5)

Maharashtra (Samiksha Subhash Patil, Anshika Rakesh Chokhani, Parigha Chetan Bele) – Silver (1879.5)

Maharashtra (Divya Rajesh Dhumal, Mayuri Laxman Pawar, Aditi Nitesh Kumar Singh) – Bronze (1877.3)

Master

Tejaswini Sawant (Maharashtra) – Gold

Anjali Mandar Bhagwat (Maharashtra) – Silver

Archana Singh (West Bengal) – Bronze