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Indian shooters reign supreme
he Indian contingent continued their good performance in the ongoing Commonwealth Shooting Championship here on Wednesday with gold medals in the mens 10 metre Air Pistol and womens 10m Air Rifle events.
Brisbane: he Indian contingent continued their good performance in the ongoing Commonwealth Shooting Championship here on Wednesday with gold medals in the mens 10 metre Air Pistol and womens 10m Air Rifle events.
Youngster Shahzar Rizvi won the men's 10m Air Pistol beating established compatriots Omkar Singh and Jitu Rai who took silver and bronze respectively to complete an Indian clean sweep in the event.
In the women's 10m Air Rifle, Pooja Ghatkar came out triumphant over teammate Anjum Moudgil who took silver. A third Indian in the final, Meghana Sajjanar, finished fifth.
India's overall tally has now gone up to three gold, two silver and two bronze for a total of seven medals from the competition so far. The order did not change in the final, although Jitu led the trio briefly after the first series of five shots with Omkar second and Shahzar in third.
In the women's 10m Air Rifle, the fight was a bit tougher. Singapore's star Rifle shooter, Jasmine Xer, topped qualification with a score of 419.8 and her teammate, the talented teenager Martina Veloso shot 417.5 to finish second.
Jasmine's was a Commonwealth qualification record. Meghana with 416.6, Pooja with 415.3 and Anjum with 414.1 qualified in third, fourth and sixth positions respectively.
