Adarsh wins men's 25m standard pistol gold at 67th National Championship

Adarsh Singh won the men’s 25-metre standard pistol gold staying ahead of Udhayveer Sidhu, Omkar Singh and Olympian Gurpreet Singh in the 67th National shooting championship at the Dr. Karni Singh Range, Tughlakabad.

Adarsh won the gold medal with a seven-point margin over Udhayveer, Omkar and Gurpreet.

Udhayveer and Omkar won the silver and bronze medals while Gurpreet finished fourth due to a better count of inner-10s.

Meanwhile, in the junior category, Abhinav Choudhary scored 575 and won the gold medal ahead of Suraj Sharma (572) and Mukesh Nelavalli (568).

In the junior sports pistol segment, Mukesh Nelavalli won the yellow metal with a score of 588. Abhinav Choudhary (587) and Suraj Sharma (587) won the silver and bronze medals.

Prashant Kumar clinched the men’s 50-metre free pistol gold, as Sainyam won both the women’s and junior gold medals, scoring 548.

As it is a non-Olympic event, the medals were decided on qualification scores.

Results:

25m standard pistol:

Men: 1. Adarsh Singh 583; 2. Udhayveer Sidhu 576; 3. Omkar Singh 576.

Juniors: 1. Abhinav Choudhary 575; 2. Suraj Sharma 572; 3. Mukesh Nelavalli 568.

25m sports pistol:

Junior men: 1. Mukesh Nelavalli 588; 2. Abhinav Choudhary 587; 3. Suraj Sharma 587.

50m free pistol:

Men: 1. Prashant Kumar 556; 2. Amanpreet Singh 555; 3. Sarabjot Singh 554.

Juniors: 1. Sandeep Bishnoi 553; 2. Kapil 547; 3. Suraj Sharma 547.

Women: 1. Sainyam 548; 2. Simranpreet Kaur Brar 545; 3. Neha 543.

Juniors: 1. Sainyam 548; 2. Simranpreet Kaur Brar 545; 3. Sejal Kamble 541.