November 19, 2016 7:39 PM

printer

Manavjit Singh Sandhu clinches gold medal in National Shooting championship<br/>

Former world champion Manavjit Singh Sandhu clinched the gold medal in men&apos;s trap event at the 60th National Shooting Championship for Shotgun in Jaipur today.The four-time Olympian from Punjab shot 117 in qualifying to reach the six-man final rounds in fourth spot. He then shot 12 out of 15 birds in the semi-final stage to make it to the gold medal match. He defeated silver winner Raninder Singh, who was representing Odhisa, 14-13, to seal the top spot in his favour.Young Kynan Chenai of Telengana, who represented India at the Rio Olympics, bagged the bronze medal beating Adhiraj Singh Rathore of Rajasthan 14-12.

Most Read
View All arrow-right

No posts found.