Maheshwari Chauhan and Anantjeet Singh, Paris 2024 Olympic pair, clinched the mixed skeet gold for Rajasthan in the 67th National shooting championship at the Dr. Karni Singh Range, Tughlakabad, on Wednesday.
The pair, who missed a bronze medal at Paris 2024 by one point, topped qualification with 143. Three teams were tied on joint 141 and Uttar Pradesh won the shoot-off to earn the right to fight for the gold.
Results:
Mixed skeet: 1. Rajasthan (Maheshwari Chauhan, Anantjeet Singh Naruka) 44 (143); 2. Uttar Pradesh (Mairaj Ahmad Khan, Areeba Khan) 43 (141)8; 3. Punjab (Ganemat Sekhon, Abhay Singh Sekhon) 44 (141)6; 4. Haryana (Raiza Dhillon, Ishaan Singh Libra) 41 (141).
Juniors: 1. Madhya Pradesh (Jyotiraditya Sisodiya, Mansi Raghuwanshi) 40(4) (139); 2. Haryana (Ishaan Singh Libra, Sanjana Sood) 40(2) 139; 3. Telangana (Munek Battula, Zahra Deesawala) 42 (131); 4. Rajasthan (Yashasvi Rathore, Yaduraj Singh) 36 (131).
Mixed air rifle: Tamil Nadu (R Narmada, Sri Karthik Sabari Raj) 16 (632.0); 2. Railways (Arjun Babuta, Sonam Maskar) 6 (632.4); 3. Madhya Pradesh (Aishwary Tomar, Gautami Bhanot) 17 (630.8); 4. West Bengal (Mehuli Ghosh, Abhinav Shaw) 13 (630.5).
Juniors: 1. Rajasthan (Yash Vardhan, Devanshi Katara) 16 (628.3); 2. Karnataka (Tilottama Sen, Abhishek Sekhar) 8 (628.1); 3. Maharashtra (Parth Mane, Mayuri Pawar) 16 (627.6); 4. Army (Vishal Singh, Advika Shriwas) 4 (627.4).
Youth: 1. West Bengal (Abhinav Shaw, Sandrata Roy) 16 (628.6); 2. Andhra Pradesh (Vejendla Praneeth, Tanyu Sirangi) 14 (630.1); 3. Madhya Pradesh (Gautami Bhanot, Satyarth Patel) 17 (627.9); 4. Haryana (Ameerah Arshad, Jatin Lamba) 11 (625.7).
50m rifle prone: Women: 1. Manini Kaushik 627.5; 2. Prachi Gaikwad 625.6; 3. Bhakti Bhaskar 625.3.
Juniors: 1. Prachi Gaikwad 625.6; 2. Nupur Kumrawat 623.1; 3. Saniya Safale 623.1.