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Manavjit triumphs

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JAIPUR: World champion Manavjit Singh Sandhu stayed calm despite a two-point deficit against the in-form Birendeep Sodhi before he won the men’s trap title with an aggregate score of 138 in the 51st National shotgun shooting championship at the Oases ranges near here on Tuesday.

Manavjit went into the six-man final with a total of 115, while Birendeep had a score of 117 and he was in a great touch in the three rounds earlier in the day. Birendeep shot a series of 24, 24, 23, 23, 23, while Manavjit’s only blemish was in the second round where he shot 22.

In the rest of the rounds, he matched Birendeep shot for a shot.

In the final, Birendeep missed a shot on the second bird, but Manavjit was back in the two-point deficit when the Olympic quota holder missed the fifth target.

The two kept pace with each other till the 21st shot when both missed the birds. But with four targets to go, Birendeep floundered and missed the next three also, while Manavjit hit the clay pigeons with precision.

In women’s trap, Seema Tomar of Army won the title with an impressive score of 89. Seema set a new national record of 67 bettering 65 of Shagun Chawdhary, set at last Nationals in Delhi.

Seema also bettered the total record by scoring 89 after a final round of 22. This record was also held by Shagun, who had shot 75 in Bangkok in 2005. The results: Men: Trap: 1. Manavjit Singh Sandhu (Pun) (115, 23) 138, 2. Birendeep Sodhi (IA) (117, 20) 137, 3. Mansher Singh (113, 19) 132.

Women: Trap: 1. Seema Tomar (Army) (67, 22) 89, 2. Shagun Chawdhary (61, 19) 80, 3. Varsha Tomar (Army) (54, 15) 69.

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