Junior World Cup gold medallist Aishwarya Pratap Singh Tomar continued to assert his dominance among the men as he clinched the gold in the 50-metre rifle 3-position event, by beating Olympian Sanjeev Rajput by 4.4 points in the 12th Sardar Sajjan Singh Sethi Masters shooting championship at the Dr. Karni Singh Range, Tughlakabad, on Thursday
Parul Kumar who also forms the national squad in the event along with Sanjeev and Olympian Chain Singh, was pushed to the bronze medal.
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World Cup gold medallist Akhil Sheoran, who topped qualification with 1170, Satyendra Singh, Ravi Kumar and Deepak Kumar placed fourth to seventh in that order.
It was a tough exercise, and it was no surprise that Tomar was beaten to the gold by 1.2 point by Niraj Kumarof Navy in the junior final.
In women’s air pistol, national champion Esha Singh, who made significant progress in the Junior World Cup, overcame ill health to win the women’s and junior gold, apart from topping qualification with an impressive score of 580.
In men’s air pistol, Tinjit Dhanota, a coach from Mohali overcame a strong field that included Asian Games bronze medallist Abhishek Verma, who had won the Olympic quota, Ravinder Singh, Omprakash Mitharval, Arjun Singh Cheema and Udhayveer Sidhu.
Dhanota beat national team member Ravinder by 0.5 point for the gold, after scoring 581 in qualification, the second best score.
The Sidhu twins Vijayveer and Udhayveer won the gold and silver in the junior air pistol. Udhayveer had also won the men’s bronze.
In women’s rifle prone event, national champion in all the rifle events, World championship silver medallist Anjum Moudgil topped the list with 621.3 points. Kajal Saini and Meena Kumari beat former World Champion in the event, Tejaswini Sawant to the medals, while Elizabeth Susan Koshy placed seventh with 612.6.
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