Ganga Singh wins 50m Rifle 3P gold at KSS Memorial Championship in Bhopal
Synopsis
Key Takeaways
Army marksman Ganga Singh clinched the gold medal in the Men's 50m Rifle 3 Positions event at the 24th Kumar Surendra Singh Memorial Shooting Championship on 5 May, held at the Madhya Pradesh State Shooting Academy in Bhopal. Singh shot a total of 357.8 in the final to secure the top spot. Concurrently, at the Dr. Karni Singh Shooting Range in New Delhi, Haryana's Kamaljeet Choudhary and Surbhi Rao won gold in the 10m Air Pistol Senior Mixed Team ISSF event with a final score of 476.6.
Men's 50m Rifle 3 Positions Results
Railways' Arjun Babuta secured the silver medal with 356.9, while fellow Railways shooter Swapnil Suresh Kusale claimed bronze with 343.7. Army's Sidharth Gaur finished fourth with 332.3. In the qualification round, Punjab's Harjas Singh topped the field with a score of 586-25x, followed by Maharashtra's Rudrankksh B. Patil with 584-31x. Arjun Babuta qualified third with 584-28x, while Swapnil Kusale secured fourth place with 583-31x.
Senior Mixed Team Pistol: Haryana Dominates
The Haryana pair of Kamaljeet Choudhary and Surbhi Rao topped the qualification round with 576-17x before clinching gold in the final with 476.6. Karnataka's Mamith N Gowda and Divya T.S., who had qualified fourth with 573-17x, settled for silver after scoring 472.5 in the final. ONGC's Amanpreet Singh and Shweta, who also shot 573-17x in qualification, secured bronze with 409.3. Gujarat's Vaibhavi and Jinesh qualified second with 574-11x but finished fourth.
Junior Men's 50m Rifle: Karmakar Triumphs
West Bengal's Adriyan Karmakar clinched the junior men's 50m Rifle 3 Positions title with a final score of 360.2. Haryana's Rohit Kanyan secured silver with 350.5, while Rajasthan's Prince took bronze with 336.1. Maharashtra's Vedant Nitin Waghmare finished fourth with 328.1. In qualification, Vedant Nitin Waghmare topped with 580-26x, followed closely by Adriyan Karmakar with 580-24x. Madhya Pradesh's Priyavrat Singh Tomar qualified third with 579-22x, while Prince secured fourth with 578-16x.
Junior and Youth Mixed Team Pistol Events
In the 10m Air Pistol Junior Mixed Team ISSF event, Rajasthan's Yogesh and Mohini secured gold with a final score of 478.6 after qualifying fourth with 576-21x. Karnataka's Avanthika and Jonathan, who had qualified second with 580-17x, claimed silver with 478 in the final. Haryana's Shiva and Navya topped qualification with 581-22x but finished with bronze after scoring 417.7. The Army duo of Sunny and Lakshita qualified third and finished fourth overall. In the 10m Air Pistol Youth Mixed Team ISSF event, Rajasthan's Girish and Bhavya topped qualification with 575-21x and clinched gold with a final score of 479.1. Delhi's Tanish and Manyata qualified second with 575-13x and secured silver with 472.6. Madhya Pradesh's Yugpratap and Aaradhya, who qualified fourth with 572-13x, won bronze with 413.3.