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Sanjeev Rajput is champion

By Kirti Patil

INDORE, OCT. 15. Sanjeev Rajput played back-to-back finals with two different weapons and emerged victorious in both with flying colours on the final day of the National shooting championships at the Reoti Ranges here on Friday.

Rajput shot with tremendous focus despite being five points behind the leader in the men's 50m free rifle three-position event, which he eventually won by the difference of 5.4 points. From the 50m range, Rajput rushed to 10m range and came out triumphant in the air rifle `Champion of champions' event beating the Olympic finalist, Suma Shirur.

The results: Men: 50m Free rifle three-position: 1. Sanjeev Rajput (Navy) (1147, 9.7, 10.5, 9.0, 9.9, 9.5, 10.5, 9.7, 10.1, 10.3, 10.7) 1246.9, 2. Imran Hasan Khan (Army) (1148, 9.3, 10.3, 8.8, 9.1, 9.5, 9.1, 9.7, 9.4, 9.2, 9.1) 1241.5, 3. Sushil Ghaley (Army) (1152, 9.2, 7.5, 6.4, 9.8, 10.4, 8.1, 9.8, 9.6, 8.9, 8.5) 1240.2, 4. Manoj Kumar (Navy) (1142, 97.5) 1239.5, 5. Raj Kumar (BSF) (1140, 95.7) 1235.7, 6. Vivek V. (ITBP) (1138, 96.3) 1234.3, 7. M. Shankar (BSF) (1129, 97.4) 1226.4, 8. Kiran Bhosle (Army) (1131, 88.6) 1219.6.

Team: 1. Army (Surendra Singh Rathod, Sushil Ghaley, Imran Hasan Khan) 3425, 2. Navy (Sanjeev Rajput, Bishnu Nag, Deepak K. Dubey) 3393 (281, 287), 3. Border Security Force (M. Shankar, Raj Kumar, Vishnu Saste) 3393 (281, 277).

Junior men: 1. Prashant Tomar (Army) 1144, 2. Kiran Bhosle (Army) 1131, 3. Satyendra Singh (Army) 1125. 25m Standard pistol: 1. Samresh Jung (CISF) 577, 2. C. K. Chaudhary (Army) 563 (137), 3. Vijay Kumar (Army) 563 (133). Team: 1. Maharashtra (Ashok Pandit, Ronak Pandit, Amol S. Chouhan) 1663, 2. Navy (Harpreet Singh, Atul Yadav, Satendra Kumar) 1659 (273, 267), 3. Army (Subhash Chandra, C. K. Chaudhary, Pemba Tamang) 1659 (273, 263).

Junior men: 1. Vijay Kumar (Army) 563, 2. Brigu Dutt (Del) 552, 3. Ronak Pandit (Mah) 551.

300m Free rifle three-position: 1. Sukhdev Singh (Army) 1111, 2. Fateh Singh (Army) 1091, 3. Rajender Singh (Army) 1074. Team: 1. Army (Fateh Singh, Sukhdev Singh, G. S. Dhillon) 3218, 2. Border Security Force (M. B. Sawant, Puran Singh, Naresh Kumar) 2442, 3. Punjab (Keshav Kumar, Daraspreet Singh, Sewak Singh) 2281.

300m Free rifle prone: 1. Fateh Singh (Army) 580, 2. Sukhdev Singh (Army) 574, 3. Saleem A. (Army) 573. Team: 1. Army (Fateh Singh, Sukhdev Singh, Ratan Singh) 1725, 2. Andhra Pradesh (Amit Sanghi, Ahmed Abdul Haq Khan, Mohammed Nizamuddin) 1396, 3. Border Security Force (H. B. Sawant, Puran Singh, Govind Ram) 1364.

300m Standard rifle three-position: 1. Fateh Singh (Army) 547, 2. Sukhdev Singh (Army) 540, 3. Tej Mal (Army) 525. Team: 1. Army (Fateh Singh, C. R. Das, Sukhdev Singh) 1584, 2. Himachal Pradesh (C. H. Shah, Rajesh Parmar, Dhirendra Singh Pawar) 1232, 3. Punjab (Narinder Kumar, Keshav Kumar, Avtar Singh) 1041.

Women: 10m Air rifle: 1. Pournima Zanane (Rlys) (396, 10.8, 10.3, 9.8, 10.8, 10.3, 10.8, 10.5, 10.2, 10.5, 10.4) 500.4, 2. Suma Shirur (Rlys) (394, 9.9, 10.9, 10.1, 10.0, 10.8, 10.4, 10.9, 9.5, 10.9, 10.7) 498.1, 3. Prajakta W. Lalsare (Mah) (393, 10.3, 9.7, 9.9, 9.9, 10.8, 10.4, 10.1, 10.7, 10.9, 10.5) 496.2, 4. Kuheli Gangulee (CISF) (393, 102.1) 495.1, 5. Avneet Kaur Sidhu (IA) (392, 102.0) 494.0, 6. Asha R. Jadhav (Mah) (394, 99.9) 493.9, 7. Meena Kumari (Army) (393, 100.5) 493.5, 8. Sabeeha Dhillon (Pun) (392, 98.7) 490.7.

Team: 1. Railways (Pournima Zanane, Suma Shirur, Deepali Deshpande) 1181, 2. Maharashtra (Prajakta W. Lalsare, Asha R. Jadhav, Tejaswini R. Sawant) 1174, 3. Punjab (Ramandeep Kaur, Sabeeha Dhillon, Chetanpreet Nilon) 1152.

Junior women: 1. Atmika Jagdhari (Raj) 391, 2. Pooja Reddy (AP) 391, 3. Radhika S. Barale (Mah) 389. Team: 1. Maharashtra (Radhika S. Barale, Dhanshree V. Kadam, Soudamini S. Gavankar) 1154, 2. Rajasthan (Madhumita Das, Atmika Jagdhari, Shweta Kumawat) 1145, 3. Punjab (Sumanpreet Sran, Reshu Tomar, Chetanpreet Nilon) 1133. 300m Standard rifle prone: 1. Suchitra Devi (Army) 561, 2. Veerpal Kaur (Pun) 552, 3. Murgeshwari (INF) 551. 300m Standard rifle three-position: 1. Navdeep Kaur Dhillon (IA) 514, 2. Manisha (INF) 504, 3. Murgeshwari (INF) 492.

Champion of champions: 10m Air rifle: 1. Sanjeev Rajput (Navy) 104.5 (31.8), 2. Suma Shirur (Rlys) 102.1 (29.9), 3. Pournima Zanane (Rlys) 101.0.

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