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Tuesday, May 03, 2005

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Prithviraj for World junior championship

Staff Reporter

TIRUCHI: Prithviraj Tondaiman, an engineering student from Tamil Nadu, will represent India in the World junior shooting championship to be held in Germany from May 5. This 18-year-old computer science student will take part in trap shooting competition - in individual as well as team.

The son of Rajagopal Tondaiman and Tiruchi Mayor Sarubala R. Tondaiman, Prithviraj is one among the three shooters to contest in trap shooting. Currently in his first year B.E. at the Madras Institute of Technology at Chrompet in Chennai, Prithviraj has won several medals in the National competitions.

He took to trap shooting when he was 13 years old and has been trained by his father, Rajagopal Tondaiman since then. Prithviraj who spoke to The Hindu over phone from New Delhi today said he felt very proud of representing the country in a world championship meet. Though this will be his first international event, Prithviraj says he would put in his best to bag a medal for the country. He is also being coached by R. Ravikrishnan of Chennai.

Prithviraj says he had received guidance from Olympic silver medallist Lt. Col. Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore whom he considers as his role model. Along with Prithviraj, R. Venkatram from Tamil Nadu will also take part in the trap shooting. After intensive training in Delhi from April 23 to 30, Prithviraj leaves for Germany on Monday.

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