Rajkanwar wins centre-fire pistol gold; Ankur excels in double trap

Rajkanwar Singh Sandhu

Young pistol marksman Rajkanwar Singh Sandhu gave himself a belated birthday present by winning the 25m centre-fire event, while former world champion Ankur Mittal netted the double trap gold as India made merry in non-Olympic disciplines at the Asian Shooting Championships, here on Friday.

India also made a clean sweep in women's double trap with Anushka Bhati (93), Pranil Ingle (89) and Hafiz Contractor (87) finishing on the podium. The trio also cornered the team gold with an aggregate of 269.

Sandhu, who turned 23 on August 13, beat back the challenge from veteran country-mate Gurpreet Singh, a Korean and an Iranian shooter to win the biggest medal of his career with a score of 583 (Precision 289, Rapid 294).

India also won the team gold in the event with Gurpreet coming up with a commanding performance for the second day in a row.

Ankur Mittal triumphs

One of India's best double-trap exponents Ankur Mittal won gold with a score of 107. India, however, could only manage a team bronze in the event with Ankur (107), Bhanu Pratap Singh (82) and Harshvardhan Kaviya (75) aggregating 264.

Manini bags bronze

Young shooter Manini Kaushik clinched her maiden individual international medal, bagging a bronze in women's 50m rifle prone event after guiding the team to silver earlier.

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