Anjali Shekhawat clinches gold in 10m air pistol at Kumar Surendra Singh Shooting

New Delhi: Rajasthan’s Anjali Shekhawat secured the gold medal in the women’s 10m air pistol event at the 24th Kumar Surendra Singh Memorial Shooting Championship, currently underway at the Dr. Karni Singh Shooting Range in the national capital.

Shekhawat, who had qualified fourth with a score of 576-23x, delivered a strong performance in the final, shooting 240.5 to claim the शीर्ष position. Haryana’s Kanak Budhwar took the silver with 238.7, while Punjab’s Agam Ranjit Kaur Grewal won bronze with 216.

In the qualification round, Olympian Esha Singh of Telangana topped the standings with 582-20x, followed by Agam Ranjit Kaur Grewal (579-15x) and Haryana’s Muskan Chahal (577-21x). However, both Esha Singh and Madhya Pradesh’s Mahima Turhi Agrawal—who had qualified seventh with 575-20x—did not compete in the final. Kanak Budhwar had entered the final in sixth place with 576-13x.

Among other finalists, Railways’ Yuvika Tomar finished fourth with 196.1 (576-15x), while Muskan Chahal placed fifth with 174.8. Another Haryana shooter, Muskan, ended sixth with 154.8 (575-19x).

Junior Women

Women’s event silver medalist Kanak Budhwar continued her fine form in the 10m air pistol junior women category, securing the gold medal with a score of 238.4. She was closely followed by Haryana’s Priyanshi Purva, who claimed silver with 237.5, while Ketan, also from Haryana, completed a clean sweep for the state by taking bronze with 216.8.

Youth Women 

In the 10m air pistol youth women’s event, Kanak once again stood out with a dominant performance, clinching gold with an impressive 244.3. Haryana’s Navya secured the silver medal with 237.7, while Army’s Anjali Mahendra Bhagwat finished third with 215.3.

Team Event

Haryana emerged victorious in the team event, with the trio of Priyanshi Purva, Navya, and Surbhi Rao combining for a gold medal-winning total of 1718.0-48x. Railways, represented by Yuvika Tomar, Sakshi Anil Suryavanshi, and Riya Shirish Thatte, claimed silver with 1710.0-40x, while Uttar Pradesh’s Vanshika Chaudhary, Sanskriti Bana, and Anjali Chaudhary secured bronze with 1709.0-50x.

Other Results

25m Sports Pistol Men

• Mukesh Nelavalli (Andhra Pradesh) – 584-21x
• Suraj Sharma (Madhya Pradesh) – 581- 21x
• Shravan Mathada Shashidhar (Karnataka) – 581-20x

25m Sports Pistol Junior Men

• Mukesh Nelavalli (Andhra Pradesh) – 584-21x
• Suraj Sharma (Madhya Pradesh) – 581- 21x
• Shravan Mathada Shashidhar (Karnataka) – 581-20x

25m Sports Pistol Youth Men

• Suraj Sharma (Madhya Pradesh) – 581-21x
• Shravan Mathada Shashidhar (Karnataka) – 581-20x
• Vansh Pratap (Army) – 579-20x

25m Sports Pistol Deaf Men

• Shubham Vashist (Haryana) – 566-11x
• Chetan Hanmant Sapkal (Maharashtra) – 563-10x
• Yash Ahlawat (Uttar Pradesh) – 560-7x

10m Air Pistol Sub Youth Women

• Priyanshi Purva (Haryana) – 575-17x
• Avanthika Madhu (Karnataka) – 574-17x
• Lavanya Kanwar (Rajasthan) – 571-15x

10m Air Pistol Deaf Women

• Anuya Prasad (Rajasthan) – 562-11x
• Pranjali Prashant Dhumal (Maharashtra) – 555-9x
• Hanha (Haryana) – 546-6x

10m Air Pistol Senior Master Women

• Sushma Yadav (Haryana) – 537-7x
• Suman Bansal (Chandigarh) – 527-4x
• Poonam Sharma (Delhi) – 518-2x

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