Anish Bhanwala of Haryana sank his national record in the mens 25m rapid-fire pistol (RFP) qualification round . Yukthi Rajendra of Karnataka claimed the womens 10m air rifle title .
Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh)India, December 10 : Anish Bhanwala of Haryana sank his national record in the mens 25m rapid-fire pistol (RFP) qualification round, en route to four golds at the 65th National Shooting Championship Competitions (65th NSCC), as well as Akhil Sheoran of the Railways and Yukhti Rajendra of Karnataka, who won the mens In the process, he broke his national record of 588 to take second place in the 112-strong field with a score of 590.In Delhi, he set the previous record of the 2019 ISSF World Cup.Anish was second in the four-man semi-finals to Punjab's Vijayveer Sidhu, 14 to the formers 15 hits, but in the medal game, he did turn the tables on Vijayveer, 28 hits to the Punjab lads 27, earning the championship.In the mens junior RFP, Uttarakhands Ankur Goel took bronze, outscoring statemate Adarsh Singh 33 to 27 for Punjabs Rajkanwar Singh Sandhu.
Akhil topped the ranking round with a 412.6, while Swapnil came in second with 406.7.Aishwary Pratap Singh Tomar of Madhya Pradesh won bronze in the ranking round, but Aishwary gained gold in both the mens and junior mens team events.Ramanya Tomer of the Army won the Junior mens 3P title over Sartaj Tiwana of Punjab by a margin of 16-4.Yukthi Rajendra of Karnataka claimed the womens 10m air rifle after qualifying eighth for the ranking round. Elavenil Valarivan, an Olympian, captured bronze on the track.But Yukthi was the one who had the last laugh when she defeated the Madhya Pradesh teenager 17-11 in the title decider.She won the junior womens air rifle, this time with 16-12 results over the same opponent, making it a double gold for her.