Shooters Yashashwini, Abhishek impress at 18th KSS Memorial championship
Friday - June 22, 2018 9:38 pm ,
Category : SPORTS
New Delhi June 22 (IANS) Junior shooting World Cup gold medallist Yashashwini Singh Deswal s combination with Abhishek Varma proved lethal as they bagged a gold in a nail-biting finish to the 10 metre Air Pistol Mixed Team Senior category at the Dr. Karni Singh range here on Friday.
In the Junior mixed team category Punjab s Surinder Singh and Simranpreet Kaur overshadowed their opponents with a score of 469.9 to bag the yellow medal.
The senior category winners from Haryana faced a staunch challenge from the Railway Services Promotion Board (RSPB) duo of Ruchita Banerkar and Arjun Das who scored 469.8 to bag the silver while Abhishek and Yashashwini eked out a narrow win with 470.52.
The ONGC pair of Amanpreet and Shweta scored a meagre 410.4 to claim the third spot even after topping the charts in the qualification round.
After clinching a silver in the 50m Air Pistol Junior category on Thursday Surinder partnered with Simranpreet to score a massive 469.9 to run away with the gold.
Haryana s Priya Raghav and Himanshu Tanwar had to settle for silver after scoring 465.3 while Rajasthan s Kartiyeka and Dixita Dewra settled for bronze with 404.
In the youth category another duo from Haryana Aarju Vishnao and Lucky scored an unparalleled 465.7 to clinch gold.
Uttar Pradesh s Monu Kumar and Yuvika Tomar bagged the silver scoring 451 while Uttarakhand s Yashwashi Joshi and Monarch Kumar settled for the bronze after scoring 399.4.
--IANS tri/him/
In the Junior mixed team category Punjab s Surinder Singh and Simranpreet Kaur overshadowed their opponents with a score of 469.9 to bag the yellow medal.
The senior category winners from Haryana faced a staunch challenge from the Railway Services Promotion Board (RSPB) duo of Ruchita Banerkar and Arjun Das who scored 469.8 to bag the silver while Abhishek and Yashashwini eked out a narrow win with 470.52.
The ONGC pair of Amanpreet and Shweta scored a meagre 410.4 to claim the third spot even after topping the charts in the qualification round.
After clinching a silver in the 50m Air Pistol Junior category on Thursday Surinder partnered with Simranpreet to score a massive 469.9 to run away with the gold.
Haryana s Priya Raghav and Himanshu Tanwar had to settle for silver after scoring 465.3 while Rajasthan s Kartiyeka and Dixita Dewra settled for bronze with 404.
In the youth category another duo from Haryana Aarju Vishnao and Lucky scored an unparalleled 465.7 to clinch gold.
Uttar Pradesh s Monu Kumar and Yuvika Tomar bagged the silver scoring 451 while Uttarakhand s Yashwashi Joshi and Monarch Kumar settled for the bronze after scoring 399.4.
--IANS tri/him/
