Indian sports wrap, September 2: Dhanush breaks world records as India sweeps men’s air rifle event at Deaf Shooting Worlds

Here are all the major updates, scores, and results of Indians in the world of sports on September 2.

(L-R) Silver medallist Shourya Saini, gold medal winner and world record holder Dhanush Srikanth and Mohammed Murtaza Vania who finished third in the men’s 10m air rifle event. | Photo Credit: X/SAI Media

SHOOTING

Dhanush breaks world records as India sweeps men’s air rifle event at Deaf Shooting Worlds

Dhanush Srikanth shattered the world record in both qualification and final to win the men’s air rifle gold in style at the second World Deaf shooting championship in Hannover, Germany, on Sunday.

It was a clean sweep of medals by Indian shooters as Shourya Saini and Mohamed Vania followed Dhanush to bag the silver and bronze medals respectively. The trio had finished in that order in qualification as well.

In women’s air rifle, Mira Biatovszki of Hungary shot a world record 247.8 to beat the Indian shooters Mahit Sandhu and Natasha Joshi to the gold. Mahit who won the silver had shot a world record 627.7 in qualification.

Priyesha Deshmukh shot the second best qualification score of 623.3 but placed eighth in the final, while Natasha Joshi did well to climb to the bronze medal.

India had earlier won the women’s air pistol gold through Anuya Prasad, apart from clinching the silver and bronze medals in men’s air pistol through Abhinav Deshwal and Shubham Vashist.

RESULTS

10m air rifle

Men: 1. Dhanush Srikanth 251.7 (WR) 632.7 (WR); 2. Shourya Saini 249.9 (625.0); 3. Mohammed Vania 226.2 (622.7).

Women: 1. Mira Biatovszki (Hun) 247.8 (WR) 617.0; 2. Mahit Sandhu 246.0 (627.7 WR); 3. Natasha Joshi 224.4 (622.2); 8. Priyesha Deshmukh 118.5 (623.3).

- Kamesh Srinivasan

Asiad medallist Lakshay Sheoran wins trap gold at Manav Rachna open shotgun championship

Lakshay Sheoran being presented the trophy after winning the trap event at the Manav Rachna open shotgun championship. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement

Asian Games silver medallist Lakshay Sheoran won the gold medal in the trap final at the Manv Rachna open shotgun championship on Sunday in Pali, beating Ahvar Rizvi 46-45.

Lakshay had qualified in the second place along with Bakhtiyar Malik with the score of 71 out of 75. The latter took the bronze medal, pushing the qualification topper Aryavansh Tyagi (73) to fourth place.

The champion was presented Rs.50,000, while the second and third places fetched Rs.30,000 and Rs.20,000, respectively.

It was a combined open competition for men and women, featuring 34 shooters in all. Jasvinder and Mohit Parashar were the two other shooters to make the final.

Ahvar had qualified with a score of 68 that was just about enough to get him a place in the final, but shot remarkably well to have a close fight for the gold.

RESULTS

Trap

1. Lakshay Sheoran 46 (71); 2. Ahvar Rizvi 45 (68); 3. Bakhtiyar Malik 35 (71).

-Kamesh Srinivasan

HOCKEY

Kochi Regional Sports Centre fetes Sreejesh for Paris Olympics bronze medal

Goalkeeper P.R. Sreejesh, the star of the Indian hockey team which won its second Olympic bronze medallist in Paris recently, was presented with a cash award of Rs 5 lakh by the Regional Sports Centre (RSC) in Kochi on Monday.

Industries Minister P. Rajeeve gave away the cash award. The RSC also presented a 100gm silver coin and a citation to Sreejesh. Hibi Eden, MP, and T.J. Vinod, MLA, were among those present at the event.

The Olympian also had an interactive with sportspersons.

-Stan Rayan

FOOTBALL

Subroto Cup junior football tournament results

Yaman (2) and Mohan scored the goals to help Lord Krishna Senior Secondary School, Haryana, to a 3-2 victory over Krida Prabodhini, Pune, in a group-H league match of the 63rd Subroto Cup junior football tournament on Monday.

Prithviraj and Tohid had scored the early goals to put the Pune team 2-0 ahead, but the Haryana boys bounced back strongly to clinch the contest.

RESULTS

Group-A: Numaligarh HSS, Assam, bt Sainik School, Arunachal Pradesh 6-1; Maharana Pratap Sports College, Dehradun, bt Singapore International School, Mumbai 7-0.

Group-B: RMSA HS, Mizoram bt CN Vidyalaya, Gujarat, 11-0; Bangladesh Krira Shikkha Protishtan bt JNV Hansiadih, Jharkhand 11-1.

Group-C: TG Engllish School, Bishnupur bt Indore Public School 7-0; Chowbaga HS, West Bengal bt Sainik Awasiya Mahavidyalaya, Bhaktapur, Nepal 2-1.

Group-D: Ameniy Public School, Uttarakhand bt The Air Force School, Gorakhpur 15-0; Guru Govind Singh Sports College, UP bt Government SSS, Sikkim, 2-1.

Group-E: Farook HSS, Kerala, bt Ramakrishna Mission, Chhattisgarh, 2-1; Modern School, Barakhamba Road, bt The Army Public School 5-0.

Group-F: Government Model SSS, Chandigarh, bt Kejariwal Vidyallaya, Bihar 2-1; Myngken Christian HSS, Meghalaya, bt St. Francis Xavier HS, Daman &Diu 23-0.

Group-G: Government SSS, Arunachal Pradesh bt BSC HSS, Jharkhand 2-0; Father Agnel HS, Goa, bt Mahatma Gandhi SSS, Lakshadweep 4-0.

Group-H: Lord Krishna SSS, Haryana bt Krida Prabodhini, Pune, 3-2; Mamta Modern School, Delhi, drew Tripura Sports School 0-0.

-Kamesh Srinivasan

BADMINTON

Chieh, Tamiri emerge champions at Yonex Sunrise India Junior International Grand Prix Badminton Tournament

Chiang Tzu Chieh of Chinese Taipei and Surya Charisma Tamiri of India emerged as champions, winning the boys’ and girls’ singles titles, respectively, at the Yonex Sunrise India Junior International Grand Prix Badminton Tournament.

Bhargav Ram Arigela achieved a memorable double crown by winning both the boys’ doubles and mixed doubles events.

RESULTS

Boys’ Singles Final: Chiang Tzu Chieh beat Suryaksh Rawat of India 16-21, 21-07, 21-18.

Girls’ Singles Final:  Surya Charisma Tamiri beat Thalita Ramadhani Wiryawan 18-21, 21-11, 21-15.

Boys’ Doubles Final: Bhargav Ram Arigela/Viswa Tej Gobburu beat Bhavya Chhabra/Arsh Mohammad 21-13, 21-18.

Mixed Doubles Final: Bhargav Ram Arigela/Vennala Kalagotla beat Muhammad Vito Annafsa and Keyla Annisa Putri 21-09, 21-12.

-Team Sportstar

GOLF

Diksha Dagar finishes tied-38 in Irish Open

Diksha Dagar scored an even par 73 for a four-round total of 4-under 288 here as the two-time winner on the Ladies European Tour finished tied-38 after making the cut in tied-55th place, which was also the cut line, here at the Women’s Irish Open.

Playing at the par-73 O’Meara Course at Carton House, Diksha had four birdies against four bogeys, two of which came on par-5s at the 15th and the 17 holes, where she had birdies on the first two days.

While Diksha had a decent 29 putts for the round, she was found wanting with her approach shots having only 11 greens in regulation of 18.

The other three Indians, Tvesa Malik Sandhu, Pranavi Urs and Ridhima Dilawari missed the cut.

England’s Annabel Dimmock completed her return from injury as she won her first Ladies European Tour (LET) title in five years after defeating Pauline Roussin-Bouchard in a playoff.

Dimmock held a two-shot lead at the 54-hole mark and produced a round of 70 (-3) to be in the playoff alongside the Frenchwoman.

The duo headed back down to 18 for the playoff and both made pars on the first hole, but on the second hole, Roussin-Bouchard took a 3-wood off the tee.

However, it went left into the deep rough and Roussin-Bouchard had to scramble and ended up making a bogey.

Dimmock, who spent eight months out of the game nursing a thumb injury, went down the middle of the fairway with her driver and left herself two putts to win as she duly rolled in her two-foot putt to secure a second LET title.

On the final day, Dimmock made birdies on her first two holes but dropped a shot on the 12th hole.

A birdie on 13 saw her just one shot behind Roussin-Bouchard and she rolled in another birdie on 17 for her round of 70 (-3) and to finish alongside the Frenchwoman on 19-under-par.

Finland’s Ursula Wikstrom finished her consistent week with another round of 69 (-4) for a total of 18-under-par, but missed out on the playoff by one shot and ended third.

Switzerland’s Chiara Tamburlini finished in outright fourth place on 17-under-par after firing a round of 65 (-8) on the final day.

Four players were placed fifth, with Thailand’s Trichat Cheenglab, Hong Kong’s Tiffany Chan, Australia’s Kirsten Rudgeley and Italy’s Alessandra Fanali all on 14-under-par.

-PTI