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Tejaswini the best

Kirti Patil

KUDOS! Tejaswini Sawant (left), who won the air rifle Champion of Champions title, is congratulated by Radhika Barale. — Photo: Rajeev Bhatt

INDORE: Tejaswini Sawant won the air rifle Champion of Champions title after having struck the women's 10m gold with a score of 499.9 in the 50th National shooting championship at the Reoti Ranges here on Friday.

Tejaswini led an all-conquering young Maharashtra team to a 1-2-3 finish as the established shooters took a backseat as the golden jubilee edition came to an end.

Following Tejaswini on the podium were teenagers Jui Deshmukh and Radhika Barale, who were separated by 0.1 points for the silver medal.

Having shot 396 in the qualification, four points ahead of Jui, Tejaswini had 103.9 in the final with an excellent series of 10.4, 10.0, 10.4, 9.6, 10.7, 10.7, 10.7, 10.8, 10.8 and 9.8.

Jui shot 104.2 to get ahead of Radhika, who had qualified second with 393. In the final event of the day, Tejaswini led six women into the cash-rich Champion of Champions competition in the eight-player field. The top eight scorers in the final from men and women's air rifle events make it to the event.

Biting the dust

The men were made to bite the dust as only two, Sameer Ambekar and champion P.T. Raghunath, made it. Raghunath was first to get eliminated before Ambekar went out leaving the women to fight it out.

The results (figures in parenthesis are scores in the final):

Men: 50m free rifle 3-position: 1. Imran Hasan Khan (Army) 1159 (9.5, 9.8, 10.1, 10.4, 8.9, 9.0, 9.9, 10.8, 9.5, 8.9) 1255.8, 2. Sanjeev Rajput (Navy) 1152 (10.2, 10.8, 9.6, 9.5, 9.8, 9.5, 10.8, 10.3, 9.9, 9.3) 1251.7, 3. Sushil Ghaley (Army) 1150 (7.4, 9.3, 9.5, 8.8, 10.5, 8.9, 9.9, 9.8, 9.7, 9.8) 1243.6.

Team: 1. Army 3440, 2. Navy 3435, 3. ITBP 3379.

Juniors: 1. Hari Om Singh (Army) 1131, 2. Naveen (Inf) 1128, 3. Mukesh Kumar (Army) 1118.

25m standard pistol: 1. Samresh Jung (CISF) 575, 2. Ashok Pandit (Mah) 571, 3. Pemba Tamang (Army) 567.

Team: 1. Maharashtra 1685, 2. Navy 1666, 3. BSF 1649.

Juniors: 1. Surjeet Singh (Army) 553, 2. Ravi Kumar (Army) 546, 3. Hambir Singh (Army) 546.

Women: 10m air rifle: 1. Tejaswini Sawant (Mah) 396 (10.4, 10.0, 10.4, 9.6, 10.7, 10.7, 10.7, 10.8, 10.8, 9.8) 499.9, 2. Jui Deshmukh (Mah) 392 (10.7, 10.5, 10.7, 10.8, 10.0, 10.0, 10.0, 10.8, 10.3, 10.4) 496.2, 3. Radhika Barale (Mah) 393 (9.6, 10.1, 10.9, 10.9, 9.8, 10.1, 10.3, 10.7, 10.2, 10.5) 496.1.

Team: 1. Maharashtra 1182, 2. Indian Airlines 1160, 3. Railways 1159.

Juniors: 1. Abhilasha Joshi (Har) 396, 2. Radhika Barale (Mah) 393, 3. Atmika Jagdhari (Raj) 391.

Team: 1. Maharashtra 1168, 2. Haryana 1149, 3. Tamil Nadu 1140.

Champion of Champions: Air rifle: 1. Tejaswini Sawant (Mah) 104.1 (10.4, 10.4, 10.8), 2. Radhika Barale (Mah) 102.2 (10.9) (10.6, 10.4, 10.4), 3. Jui Deshmukh (Mah) 102.2 (10.3).

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