Tejaswini Sawant Bags 50M Rifle Prone Double

Former World Champion and double Commonwealth Games Gold Medalist, Tejaswini Sawant of Maharashtra, won both the individual and team titles in the women's 50M Rifle Prone event at the 58th National Shooting Championships, being held at the Balewadi Shooting Range in Pune.

Tejaswini shot a total of 622 in the final rounds to edge out Elizabeth Susan Koshy of Kerala who finished a point behind. Army markswoman Raj Chaudhary ended third with a score of 616.

 

In the men's 25M Rapid Fire Pistol event, Haryana's Harpreet Singh struck Gold shooting a total of 22 in the six man final series, finishing ahead of Neeraj Kumar (21) and Gurpreet Singh (19), both representing the Indian Army.

 

Olympic Silver Medalist Vijay Kumar had earlier failed to qualify for the final round of the 25M Rapid Fire Pistol event, after finishing 8th in qualifying with a score of 562. Vijay however did not miss out on a Golden day after he combined with his Army teammates to win the Gold in the team event.

 

In the women's 50M Rifle Prone team event, Tejaswini teamed up with Deepali Deshpande and Priyal Keni to shoot a combined total of 1837 to win the Gold for Maharashtra. Meena Kumari, Anjum Moudgil and Saini representing Haryana shot 1830 to win the Silver while Tejaswini Muley, Ruchira Lawand and Anuja Jung of the Railways bagged the Bronze with a score of 1822.

In the men's 25M Rapid Fire Pistol team event, the Army Marksmanship Unit represented by Gurpreet Singh, Vijay Kumar and Vijesh Kumar won the Gold medal with a total score of 1706. The Silver was won by the Maharashtra team comprising of Shivraj Sase, Akshay Suhas Ashtaputre and Vikrant Ghaisas who shot a total of 1690 while Rahul Panwar, Omkar Singh and Yogesh Singh representing the Navy won the Bronze shooting a combined score of 1636.

 

The 58th National Shooting Championship Competitions are being held at the Shri Chhatrapti Shivaji Balewadi Shooting Range, Pune. The National Rifles Association of India in association with the Maharashtra Rifles Association of India is organizing the event from the 12th - 24th of December 2014.